What is name and map is a network scanner utility used for both scanning cost discovery and vulnerability
scanning.
Most of its functions are based on using IP packet analysis to detect and identify remote hosts.
Operating systems and services and is used by large companies as well as smaller size organizations
for both auditing hosts, monitoring, penetration testing and similar tasks.
Now, even with a map constantly being updated with the new features since decades, its core function
remains as a body scanner, helping users gather data by sending packets to local or remote ports.
This is done by waiting for backend responses to determine if ports are closed, open or filtered.
The most popular method of using a map is via the terminal command line console by performing and map
full scan command.
Now, don't worry, we will handle all of that in the hand zone in this course.