Exploring SecOps Tools: Port Scanning with Netcat

The Netcat utility is a free and easy-to-use tool that is commonly used to monitor the flow of traffic between systems on a computer network. Netcat has various capabilities including port scanning port listening transferring files and backdoor enabling. With this course learn how to use the Netcat utility. Explore the history of the Netcat utility and learn how to download and install the program. Next work with common Netcat commands and options and examine Netcat features like SSL encryption traffic redirection and connection brokering. Finally learn how to execute basic Netcat commands perform port scanning and use Netcat TCP server and client commands. Upon completion youll be able to use the Netcat utility to perform port scanning.