# TCP SYN port scan (default, root needed)
nmap -sS 192.168.1.1
# TCP CONNECT port scan (default without root privilege)# Require full connection so it is slower
nmap -sT 192.168.1.1
# UDP port scan
nmap -sU 192.168.1.1
nmap -sA 192.168.1.1
nmap -sW 192.168.1.1
nmap -sN 192.168.1.1
# Ping scan
nmap -sP 192.168.0.0/24
Host discovery
# No scan, only list targets (get hostnames)
nmap -sL 192.168.1.1
# Disable port scanning, only host discovery
nmap -sn 192.168.1.1
# Disable host discovery, only port scanning, can be usefull if firewall deny PING
nmap -Pn 192.168.1.1
# Disable DNS resolution
nmap 192.168.1.1 -n
Services, ports and OS (fingerprinting
nmap -p 20 192.168.1.1
nmap -p 20-100 192.168.1.1
nmap -p U:53,T:25-100 192.168.1.1
nmap -p http,https 192.168.1.1
# All ports
nmap -p- 192.168.1.1
# Fast port scan (100 more common ports)
nmap 192.168.1.1 -F
# Top X ports
nmap 192.168.1.1 --top-ports 2000# Try to get service version
nmap 192.168.1.1 -sV
# 0-9
nmap 192.168.1.1 -sV --version-intensity 3# Light mode but faster
nmap 192.168.1.1 -sV --version-light
# Equivalent to version-intensity 9. Harder
nmap 192.168.1.1 -sV --version-all
# Aggressive mode (OS Detection, version, script, traceroute)
nmap 192.168.1.1 -A
# OS Detection using TCP/IP
nmap 192.168.1.1 -O
# Disable OS dection if at least one open and one closed port are not found
nmap 192.168.1.1 -O --osscan-limit
# OS Scan guess more aggressive
nmap 192.168.1.1 -O --osscan-guess
# Set the maximum number x of OS detection tries against a target
nmap 192.168.1.1 -O --max-os-tries 2
# Scan speed# T0-T1 : Slow (useful for Intrusion Detection Systems evasion)# T2-T3 : Normal# T4-T5 : Agressive (Need a realiable and strong network)
nmap 192.168.1.1 -T0
nmap 192.168.1.1 --host-timeout 10s
# Delay between probes
nmap 192.168.1.1 --scan-delay 1s
nmap 192.168.1.1 --max-scan-delay 2s
nmap 192.168.1.1 --max-retries 3# No faster or no slower than 100 packets/second
nmap 192.168.1.1 --min-rate 100
nmap 192.168.1.1 --max-rate 100# If you need to scan a large network in a short period of time# You can set up a timeout value for connection attemps
https://nmap.org/book/ncat-man-timing-options.html
nmap 192.168.0.0/16 --host-timeout <msec>
Evading IDS
# Tiny fragmented packets
nmap 192.168.1.1 -f
# Set your own offset size
nmap 192.168.1.1 -mtu 32# Scan from spoofed IP
nmap 192.168.1.1 -D 192.168.1.2
# Scan Facebook from Microsoft
nmap -S www.microsoft.com www.facebook.com
# Use a specific source port
nmap 192.168.1.1 -g 53# Proxy
nmap 192.168.1.1 --proxies http://X.X.X.X:8080
# Append random data to sent packets
nmap 192.168.1.1 --data-length 200
Output
# Save result (oN=normal oX=xml oG=grepable oA=all)
nmap 192.168.1.1 -oN scanResult.file
# Verbosity level (one v or more) and debugging level
nmap 192.168.1.1 -vvvvvv
nmap 192.168.1.1 -ddd
# Reason for the port state (equivalent to -vv)
nmap 192.168.1.1 --reason
# Show only open ports
nmap 192.168.1.1 --open
# Show all packets sent and received
nmap 192.168.1.1 --packets-trace
# Show the host interface and routes
nmap 192.168.1.1 --iflist
# Resume a scan
nmap --resume scan.file
nmap 192.168.1.1 -vvvvvv
nmap 192.168.1.1 -vvvvvv