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Learning Nmap Host Discovery with iptables and Wireshark Analysis

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Learning Nmap Host Discovery with Iptables  and Wireshark Analysis Finally the wait is no longer , we are going to learn host discovery using nmap in a very detailed way. Well you might say that there are many videos and blogs out there what is special about this one ? , In this blog I will be sharing my knowledge after going through several videos , nmap book and many other blogs in the most detailed way possible , well you will see the difference after going through the blog . When I say I really mean it . Heads up !! you must know basis of iptables before going through the blog  and you might ask why ? coz we not just learning just by saying that nmap blocks the packets so this host discovery isn't going to work.  we are going to block the packets and run the discovery again and bypass the our rules ourselves that how this blog is designed very thing is practical practical and practical . How cool is that ?!. well I wrote blog on iptables just for you !! click here an...

IPTABLES

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                         IPTABLES Firewalls are an important tool that can be configured to protect your servers and infrastructure. In the Linux ecosystem, iptables is a widely used firewall tool that interacts with the kernel’s netfilter packet filtering framework. We are going to learn how to modify or add the firewall rules on a particular system using iptables but also remember that IPTABLES isn’t just a firewall or  just responsible for filtering traffic on a system or a network , it also deals with the important aspects of networking such as routing packets like just what an actual router does , network address translation , they also have the ability to modify the packets .  So in simple words netfilter is a firewall framework in linux and iptables is a utility that is used to manage and  control netfilter. And as I said iptables isn’t just a used for setting up firewall rules it also deals with nat,...