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Nmap (Network Mapper) is a network scanner created by Gordon Lyon (also known by his pseudonym Fyodor Vaskovich). [ 5 ] Nmap is used to discover hosts and services on a computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses. [ 6 ] Nmap provides a number of features for probing computer networks, including host discovery and service and ...
RFC 697 - CWD Command of FTP. RFC 959 - File Transfer Protocol (FTP) RFC 1639 - FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (FOOBAR) RFC 2228 - FTP Security Extensions. RFC 2389 - Feature negotiation mechanism for the File Transfer Protocol. RFC 2428 - FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs. RFC 2640 - Internationalization of the File Transfer Protocol.
netcat. netcat (often abbreviated to nc) is a computer networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP. The command is designed to be a dependable back-end that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and investigation ...
PDFtk. PDFtk (short for PDF Toolkit) is a toolkit for manipulating Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. [3][4] It runs on Linux, Windows and macOS. [5] It comes in three versions: PDFtk Server (open-source command-line tool), PDFtk Free (freeware) and PDFtk Pro (proprietary paid). [2] It is able to concatenate, shuffle, split and rotate ...
Banner grabbing is a technique used to gain information about a computer system on a network and the services running on its open ports. Administrators can use this to take inventory of the systems and services on their network. However, an intruder can use banner grabbing in order to find network hosts that are running versions of applications ...
A man page (short for manual page) is a form of software documentation usually found on a Unix or Unix-like operating system. Topics covered include computer programs (including library and system calls), formal standards and conventions, and even abstract concepts. A user may invoke a man page by issuing the man command.
ZMap (software) ZMap is a free and open-source security scanner that was developed as a faster alternative to Nmap. ZMap was designed for information security research and can be used for both white hat and black hat purposes. The tool is able to discover vulnerabilities and their impact, and detect affected IoT devices.
Gordon Lyon. Gordon Lyon (also known by his pseudonym Fyodor Vaskovich) [1] is an American network security expert, [2] creator of Nmap and author of books, websites, and technical papers about network security. He is a founding member of the Honeynet Project and was Vice President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.