Port scanning tools

DustinB3403

nmap is something of a standard for this and would be my recommendation.

travisdh1

Local and quick without much detail , use Angry IP scanner.

Slower, more thorough, and many many more options, use nmap.

hobbit666

Zenmap is my normal tool

travisdh1

@hobbit666 said in Port scanning tools:

Zenmap is my normal tool

That's really just nmap. Nothing wrong with using it, it is the official GUI frontend for nmap.

AdamF

nmap worked like a charm. I like to export it to an XML file which works... OK.

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Port scanning tools:

nmap is something of a standard for this and would be my recommendation.

that's what I use

scottalanmiller

@travisdh1 said in Port scanning tools:

@hobbit666 said in Port scanning tools:

Zenmap is my normal tool

That's really just nmap. Nothing wrong with using it, it is the official GUI frontend for nmap.

I had no idea that it had a GUI!

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said in Port scanning tools:

@travisdh1 said in Port scanning tools:

@hobbit666 said in Port scanning tools:

Zenmap is my normal tool

That's really just nmap. Nothing wrong with using it, it is the official GUI frontend for nmap.

I had no idea that it had a GUI!

You've just never had to use nmap on Windows then, lucky!

hobbit666

@travisdh1 said in Port scanning tools:

That's really just nmap. Nothing wrong with using it, it is the official GUI frontend for nmap.

Yeah but saves me learning nmap commands

travisdh1

@hobbit666 said in Port scanning tools:

@travisdh1 said in Port scanning tools:

That's really just nmap. Nothing wrong with using it, it is the official GUI frontend for nmap.

Yeah but saves me learning nmap commands

That too. I use nmap a lot from the command line, but I'm normally running a standard scan (no options, just nmap xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) or looking for a specific port nmap -p 443 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx covers 90% of what I use it for.