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An attacker can more easily determine the topology or architecture of a target network by creating a network diagram. The attacke...

IP address spoofing is a hijacking technique in which an attacker obtains a computer's IP address, alters the packet headers...

Firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS) are examples of security measures designed to keep hackers out of a network. Even...

Banner Grabbing or OS fingerprinting is a method to determine the OS running on a remote target system. An attacker uses banner g...

Nmap, short for Network Mapper is a free and open-source command-line (CLI) tool for network discovery and security assessment. M...

Administrators often use port scanning techniques to verify the security policies of their networks, whereas attackers use them to identify ...

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