Nmap Commands

Question 1

-A is

Answer 1

OS detection, version detection, script scanning and traceroute

Question 2

-sT is

Answer 2

TCP scan

Question 3

-sS is

Answer 3

stealth scan

Question 4

-sn is

Answer 4

Disable port scanning. Host discovery only.

Question 5

-sL is

Answer 5

No Scan. List targets only

Question 6

-Pn is

Answer 6

no ping

Question 7

-PS

Answer 7

TCP SYN discovery on port x.Port 80 by default

Question 8

-PU

Answer 8

UDP discovery on port x.Port 40125 by default. nmap 192.168.1.1-5 -PA22-25,80

Question 9

• sV is

Answer 9

service detection

Question 10

-sX

Answer 10

Xmas tree scan.

Question 11

-PA

Answer 11

TCP ACK discovery on port x. Port 80 by default

Question 12

-sP

Answer 12

to perform host enumeration

Question 13

-sN

Answer 13

Null scan

Question 14

-sF

Answer 14

FIN scan

Question 15

-sA

Answer 15

ACK scan (good for determining firewall rules)

Question 16

-PR

Answer 16

ARP discovery on local network

Question 17

-p nmap 192.168.1.1 -p 21

Answer 17

Port scan for port x

Question 18

-F

Answer 18

Fast port scan (100 ports)

Question 19

-sC

Answer 19

Scan with default NSE scripts. Considered useful for discovery and safe

Question 20

-script nmap 192,168,1,1 -script=http,banner

Answer 20

Scan with two scripts

Question 21

-oX

Answer 21

output in XML format