What Is Nmap and How to Use It to Enhance Network Security

Nmap is short for Network Mapper, an open-source tool used for port and IP scanning and app detection. Network and system administrators use it for network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring service uptime. At first, it was developed as a Linux tool but is now available also for Windows and MacOS. Users can […]

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