Re: NMAP Switches, -sS, -sT, etc.

Doug,

To save you a bit of typing you can use -p- to specify all 65535 ports to scan. 
-0 is also not required as the -A switch carries out OS detection and version 
scanning.

NMAP -vv -A -sS -p- -P0 -oX target.xml www.xxx.yyy.zzz.

I generally use -sS -0 for my initial scan as it is quick and dependant on what 
results come back i.e. services not detected, I may then opt for a version scan 
to determine what services are running and not found on the initial scan.  It 
may sound like double the work effort, however, I find a quite assessment of 
multiple hosts enables me to tailor where I go next.

Hope this helps

Toggmeister

http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk 

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