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How to bypass Nmap blockage?

I rent a server, and my provider seems to be blocking nmap. Is there any other tools I could use to test my home network from the outside? Also, does blocking nmap on a network provide any security? ...
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Some issues with iptables and nmap

When I scan my pc with nmap I see only one open port. I didn't define any rule in iptables so if I'm not mistaken, all connections should be denied by default. However I can use HTTP or SSH, so that ...
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What are the best Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) service discovery scripts? [closed]

Using nmap -sV can be quite verbose can -sU can take a very long time especially with -p 0-65535. To narrow your results and enumerate interesting services the wealth of NSE scripts can be very ...
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Which ports are potential security risks for nmap?

I'm using nmap and I am having trouble finding which ports are dangerous and pose the greatest security risks. Which ports are potential security risks for nmap? I was thinking samba, telnet, vnc ...
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How can I use nmap to distinguish between a normal linux machine and an android device?

According to this link: here, nmap 5.2 onwards is now supposed to detect android smartphones. I am using nmap 6.01 but it only identifies android devices as running a linux kernel.
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NMAP Commands Used in Option -A

I've found that using the command nmap -A gives me the most reliable results and according to the reference guide the option -A includes service detection, traceroute, and OS detection. I want to do ...
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Scanning my network with NMAP

Each computer is assigned one ip address on my network, and my ISP supplies one IP for my network. If I try to scan the ip supplied by my ISP what I got is the OS running on the router, running on the ...
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How to detect hosts running in virtual machines with nmap?

I have to determine if a given subnet has virtual hosts. Are there any ideas about what switches to use?
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Persisting and comparing NMAP scans

Does anyone have any good recommendations on a good tool for persisting NMAP scans to database? It may be a tool for persisting or simply a java library for easy parsing of the nmap xml scan result ...