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Master the basic scanning techniques for port scanning and host discovery. Perform security checks to web applications, mail servers and databases. Learn how the Nmap Scripting Engine works and develop your own scripts! 100% practical tasks, relevant and explained step-by-step with exact commands and optional arguments description.

Nmap is a well-known security tool used by penetration testers and system administrators for many different networking tasks. The Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) was introduced during Google’s Summer of Code 2006 and has added the ability to perform additional tasks on target hosts, such as advanced fingerprinting and service discovery and information gathering.