Network Scanning Cookbook

Networkscanningisadisciplineofnetworksecuritythatidentifiesactivehostsonnetworksanddeterminingwhetherthereareanyvulnerabilitiesthatcouldbeexploited.NessusandNmapareamongthetoptoolsthatenableyoutoscanyournetworkforvulnerabilitiesandopenports,whichcanbeusedasbackdoorsintoanetwork.