-: So in the last two videos I showed you both
Zenmap and nmap and how they're used,
but there's a couple other IP scanners out there
that you should know about.
So another one you can use is what's called Angry IP.
And this one is a multiplatform scanner.
It runs on both Windows, Linux, and MacOS
and it's a graphical port scanner.
Very similar to Zenmap.
This doesn't provide you the service
or the OS information by default,
but you can put in these plugins called fetchers
that will get you more details
and give you that information.
It's well-known, but it's not as full featured
as nmap or Zenmap, and personally
I'm a much bigger fan of nmap and Zenmap.
But, Angry IP is another alternative that you can consider.
Some other ones that are out there
ever since there's many other port scanners that exist;
Metasploit, for instance.
The Metasplot framework does have built-in support scanners,
and network scanners, and network mappers.
Qualys has a Qualys Vulnerability Management software,
which does have a port scanner built in.
Tenable's Nessus, it's a vulnerability scanner
that also conducts port scanning;
and vulnerability scans take it a bit further.
And you can even write your own port scanners
using something like Python or even
you can write a very short two or three line script
in Python that'll do a port scan.
For instance if you do four I one through 255
ping, you know, 182.168.1.X., right?
Or I. Done.
And that will go through and scan, do a port scan,
of every single IP in that range,
that 255 range, right?
It's very simple to write those type of things
if you're on a box.
And so while we use nmap and Zenmap
pretty much exclusively in this course
because it's a great tool
and there are ethical hacking classes in other ones,
there are other ones out there
and I just want you to be aware
that you can find other port scanners
if you don't like Zenmap or nmap,
although that is what we're gonna be talking about
almost exclusively.
And if you take the CSA+ Exam,
they're gonna talk about nmap and Zenmap almost exclusively.