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How to list interfaces with Nmap. This is a very useful tip.

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It is possible to list interfaces with Nmap. This is a good way to see all active network devices attached to your computer. Use the –iflist parameter as shown below to show all network interfaces on your machine. jason@jason-Lenovo-H50-55:~$ nmap –iflist Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2022-03-18 10:38 AEDT ************************INTERFACES************************ DEV (SHORT) IP/MASK … Read more

How to use nping to send a custom ICMP packet payload and see it in Wireshark.

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Sending network packets is commonplace on any network, but did you know that a custom packet may be crafted to send a message over a network, hiding the text in a SYN packet? This is how to do this easily using the Nmap package on Linux. Nmap comes with a nice utility called nping, this … Read more

Very useful Nmap scanning tips for getting information from a host.

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The nmap -A -P0 command line will scan a host and get information about the host and what is running on it. Press j whilst the scan is running to print statistics about the progress of the scan. Press it again to update it. ┌─[root@parrot]─[/home/user] └──╼ #nmap -A -P0 202.146.215.17   Starting Nmap 7.50 ( … Read more

How to perform a scan with nmap and some useful nmap tips for probing a computer.

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To send a SYN packet to a computer on a network, use this command. nmap -sS -v 192.168.1.10nmap -sS -v 192.168.1.10 If you want to send SYN packets to a range of IP addresses, this is the command to use. nmap -sS -v 192.168.1.10-100nmap -sS -v 192.168.1.10-100 This will send SYN packets to the IP … Read more

Elysium film showing real UNIX commands in a blockbuster movie.

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The movie Elysium showcased some awesome UNIX shell commands. The rhost command was one, there is a more detailed show here: http://i.imgur.com/niqfmy5.png. The nmap port scanning utility is used to port scan Matt Damon`s brain before the data is copied from his neural storage to the Elysium computer system. I cannot see the full command; … Read more

Linux in the movies and television. Some famous appearances.

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In the television series “Heroes” a KDE desktop was spotted running the Kopete application. A screenshot below. This is a Mandriva distribution displaying part of the Kmix window and a live webcam application. We all know about the famous scene in the Matrix Reloaded where Trinity is cracking the Matrix power station servers to buy … Read more

Usage of computers in the movies. Some get it wrong. The Matrix and Tron Legacy are the exceptions.

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The usage of computers in movies has always been quite hit and miss. The Matrix Reloaded movie had realistic depictions of the usage of the NMAP port scanning command and the use of the ssh command to login remotely to the target machine and execute commands to shutdown the power plants to buy the keymaster … Read more