Sunday Morning Reading - HACKING APIs with NMAP Part 1

15-JAN-23

It's been the brightest point of my interest, reading HACKING APIs by COREY J. BALL. It was hard to find at the local bookseller. So I just ordered direct from the publisher NO STARCH PRESS. Getting the electronic access and hardcopy book, it always there for that reading urge. This blog is one part of two over the nmap utility.

If You Know...

I presume that using this utility is small potatoes to most geeks. If you are not familiar and still want to learn. This book was written for you. Not too technical and all it takes is a computer with hands on the keyboard. Easy learning and discovery.

Enter NMAP

One of the many points of interest on page 116-117, is the use of the nmap utility. Corey explains its part in fulfilling information about the host and open ports.

You can use your own network host to practice with. I am using the IP out of the book to show and tell here. Starting with a terminal command. ENTER

$ sudo net discover

The results displays all known hosts in the network, hosts are listed as good choices. For this example, I will use the book IP address. This will show us a deeper look at the host using the terminal command. ENTER

$ nmap 192.168.195.132

That results certainly tells the eyes what is open. Via Port, State and Service. To see a broader view of a report. ENTER

$ nmap -sC -sV 192.168.195.132

The results are very impressive with a report of greater details.