Nmap
Free and open source network discovery and security auditing utility
Nmap (Network Mapper) is a free, open-source tool for network discovery and security auditing. It uses raw IP packets to identify hosts, open ports, running services, operating systems, and firewall configurations across networks of any size. The suite includes a GUI frontend (Zenmap), a data transfer tool (Ncat), a scan comparison tool (Ndiff), and a packet generation tool (Nping).
Nmap sends raw IP packets and analyzes responses to map network topology, detect services and OS versions, and identify firewall configurations via command-line or GUI.
System administrators, network engineers, and security auditors
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
- Launched
- Sep 1997
Founders
- Fyodorsite
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