Hey everyone 👋
This is my first post here on dev.to! I'm currently taking a deep dive into Nmap, the powerful network scanning tool that so many security pros rely on. But instead of just reading results in the terminal, I wanted to go a step further…
💡 I'm pairing Nmap with Wireshark to observe the actual packets being sent and received during different types of scans.
So far, I've been experimenting with:
- SYN scans (-sS)
- Connect scans (-sT)
- OS detection (-O)
- Ping sweeps (-sn)
By watching the network traffic in Wireshark while I run these commands, I’m learning a ton about how each scan behaves under the hood — what packets are sent, what responses come back, and how Nmap builds its results.
This hands-on combo has been super insightful for understanding how tools like Nmap interact with networks at a packet level.
I'll be sharing more stuff soon.
Cheers to learning by doing 🛠️
-Matt
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