“Every expert is once a beginner”

Nmap is undoubtedly the best scanning tool ever but only if you know how to use it. I have already shared you performing a simple nmap scan on any device. Here I am going to share the best beginner scans and first scans a pen-tester will do when he is pen-testing any network.

In this article, I will say you how these nmap scans will work when they are trying to access available, unavailable, filtered ports.

This is the second part of Four types of nmap scans every beginner should know and you can read the first part here. I have discussed TCP and TCP connect scan there in that post and if you didn’t read it then first go and read it

• Must read:Four types of nmap scans every beginner should know (Part-1)

Ping Scan(-sP)

Ping scan is a normal scan that you can perform without using nmap i.e.. with your default terminal in Linux or Unix based systems and from cmd in Microsoft Windows systems.

Many users have a problem to choose the operating system, while many don’t want to change, Hackers have problem with their pre-installed Windows operating system.

Now its time to pause window and switch to some more advanced operating system for ethical hacking, pentesting. Weakness in the operating system is best for a hacker to gain access, while open source makes the operating system to run at a better cost.

Remember ethical hackers can only fight with another black hat when they are on the same platform.

The Android market is very vast which include many applications, games, apps for developers and many more. Being a Linux Administrator I was looking for android application which can help for Linux administrators.

There is much android application for Linux Administrators but I have found some of them which you also like.

Server Monitor

It is a great admin application which takes your look over networks and web servers status. The integration of notification feature which popups when your server is down. Very easy to configure and use, check status very frequently. It supports plain TCP connections as well as SSH tunnels.

Protecting your website needs to be your priority from the very first day that it’s online.  In essence, website security is something you should build right into the foundations of your web pages and hosting servers.

Why? Because your website, whether it’s loaded with financially valuable information or not, is extremely valuable to hackers for all sorts of reasons. For many malicious online players, simply having access to your hosting server or your sites part of a shared server is prize enough to make hacking you worthwhile.