Arping – To Discover Hosts on a Computer Network

Arping is a computer software tool that is used to discover hosts on a computer network. The program tests whether a given IP address is in use on the local network, and can get additional information about the device using that address. Arping operates work at the layer 2 (or the link layer of the …

How to use Masscan to Enumerate Large Number of Hosts Quickly

Masscan has been around for some time now and already it’s in use by pentesters all around. It’s a reconnaissance tool which can transmit up to 10 million packets per second. It uses asynchronous transmission & a custom TCP/IP stack. So different threads are used for transmission & reception of packets. Masscan can be used to enumerate a …

Netdiscover – Live Host Identification

Netdiscover – simple ARP Scanner to scan for live hosts in a network Netdiscover is a simple ARP scanner that can be used to scan for live hosts in a network. It can scan for multiple subnets also. It simply produces the output in a live display(ncurse). This can be used in the first phases …

NMAP 7.0 Released

NMAP 7.0 What’s New ? Nmap has always been the king of scanners for a Security professional. After 18 years from it’s first release, the 7th version has been released. This is the current major & stable release containing about 330 significant improvements. Over all this period, the developers have managed to improve the speed …