Ask any security, network or systems administrator about the top tools in their toolbox and Nmap is likely on their list. Short for Network Mapper, the versatile utility does everything from ...

So, how might you use Nmap if not for security? By inventorying and documenting a network, you enable maintenance of audits and licensing records, accurate and efficient configuration management, and ...

Anecdotally, it would take about a week for a single machine to ping sweep the Internet. That would be approximately 4 billion IP addresses, essentially the whole Internet. In theory, this includes ...

So far, in my previous articles on Nmap, we've looked at how the scanner can be used to map and audit a network, as well as track down noncompliant devices and services. But hackers can also use Nmap ...