Target specification Service and version detection

IP address, hostnames, networks, etc -sV: version detection --all-ports dont exclude ports
Example: scanme.nmap.org, microsoft.com/24, 192.168.0.1; 10.0.0-255.1-254 --version-all try every single probe
-iL file input from list -iR n choose random targets, 0 never ending --version-trace trace version scan activity
--exclude --excludefile file exclude host or list from file
-O enable OS detection --fuzzy guess OS detection
--max-os-tries set the maximum number of tries against a target
Host discovery

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-PS n tcp syn ping -PA n tcp ack ping -PU n udp ping
-PM netmask req -PP timestamp req -PE echo req Firewall/IDS evasion
-sL list scan -PO protocol ping -PN no ping -f fragment packets -D d1,d2 cloak scan with decoys
-n no DNS -R DNS resolution for all targets -S ip spoof source address –g source spoof source port
--traceroute: trace path to host (for topology map) --randomize-hosts order --spoof-mac mac change the src mac
-sP ping same as –PP –PM –PS443 –PA80
Verbosity and debugging options
-v Increase verbosity level --reason host and port reason
Port scanning techniques -d (1-9) set debugging level --packet-trace trace packets
-sS tcp syn scan -sT tcp connect scan -sU udp scan
-sY sctp init scan -sZ sctp cookie echo -sO ip protocol
-sW tcp window -sN –sF -sX null, fin, xmas –sA tcp ack
Interactive options
v/V increase/decrease verbosity level
d/D increase/decrease debugging level
Port specification and scan order p/P turn on/off packet tracing
-p n-m range -p- all ports -p n,m,z individual
-p U:n-m,z T:n,m U for udp T for tcp -F fast, common 100 Miscellaneous options
--top-ports n scan the highest-ratio ports -r don’t randomize --resume file resume aborted scan (from oN or oG output)
-6 enable ipv6 scanning
-A agressive same as -O -sV -sC --traceroute
Timing and performance
-T0 paranoid -T1 sneaky -T2 polite
-T3 normal -T4 aggresive -T5 insane
Scripts
-sC perform scan with default scripts --script file run script (or all)
--min-hostgroup --max-hostgroup
--script-args n=v provide arguments
--min-rate --max-rate
--script-trace print incoming and outgoing communication
--min-parallelism --max-parallelism
--min-rtt-timeout --max-rtt-timeout --initial-rtt-timeout Output
--max-retries --host-timeout --scan-delay -oN normal -oX xml -oG grepable –oA all outputs

Examples
Quick scan nmap -T4 -F
Fast scan (port80) nmap -T4 --max_rtt_timeout 200 --initial_rtt_timeout 150 --min_hostgroup 512 --max_retries 0 -n -P0 -p80
Pingscan nmap -sP -PE -PP -PS21,23,25,80,113,31339 -PA80,113,443,10042 --source-port 53 -T4
Slow comprehensive nmap -sS -sU -T4 -A -v -PE -PP -PS21,22,23,25,80,113,31339 -PA80,113,443,10042 -PO --script all
Quick traceroute: nmap -sP -PE -PS22,25,80 -PA21,23,80,3389 -PU -PO --traceroute