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KALI LINUX NETWORK SCANNING COOKBOOK

KALI LINUX NETWORK SCANNING COOKBOOK

By : Justin Hutchens
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KALI LINUX NETWORK SCANNING COOKBOOK

KALI LINUX NETWORK SCANNING COOKBOOK

4.7 (20)
By: Justin Hutchens

Overview of this book

Kali Linux Network Scanning Cookbook is intended for information security professionals and casual security enthusiasts alike. It will provide the foundational principles for the novice reader but will also introduce scripting techniques and in-depth analysis for the more advanced audience. Whether you are brand new to Kali Linux or a seasoned veteran, this book will aid in both understanding and ultimately mastering many of the most powerful and useful scanning techniques in the industry. It is assumed that the reader has some basic security testing experience.
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Banner grabbing with Netcat


Netcat is a multipurpose networking tool that can be used to perform multiple information gathering and scanning tasks with Kali Linux. This specific recipe will demonstrate how to use Netcat to acquire service banners in order to identify the services associated with open ports on a target system.

Getting ready

To use Netcat to gather service banners, you will need to have a remote system running network services that discloses information when a client device connects to them. In the examples provided, an instance of Metasploitable2 is used to perform this task. For more information on setting up Metasploitable2, please refer to the Installing Metasploitable2 recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.

How to do it…

To use Netcat to grab service banners, one must establish a socket connection to the intended port on the remote system. To quickly understand the usage of Netcat and how it can be used for this purpose, one can call upon the usage output. This can be done...

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