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Re:What is NMAP and how to use it? by matheusmoreira on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:14PM (#35572773)
None of your examples have anything to do with nmap though which in its most basic form is just connecting to ports to see if it works.
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Re:What is NMAP and how to use it? by kccqzy on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:28PM (#35573011)
You didn't understand my comment. It's not about the specific thing (be it nmap or some other tool), it's about the intention behind using the tool.

The administrator of the network didn't intend to allow port scanning, but there were no technical measures (firewalls) to prevent it, and you did port scanning => you're wrong.

The writer of the access control software intended to have no bugs, but a bug slipped in to allow you to exploit it => you're wrong.

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Re:What is NMAP and how to use it? by matheusmoreira on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:37PM (#35574407)
> it's about the intention behind using the tool

I just want to know what's out there.

> exploit

How is this exploitation in any way?

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