For the security competition, I am going to be working with the linux machine and trying to keep it secure, so I am going to learn how to use nmap as much as I can.
To install it, I'm following this install book.
I checked for nmap on my machine, which it has, but not the most updated version, so I am going to update it!
me:~$ nmap --version Nmap version 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Compiled with: liblua-5.1.5 openssl-1.0.1e libpcre-8.30 libpcap-1.3.0 nmap-libdnet-1.12 ipv6 Compiled without: me:~$
I downloaded the updated version from the download webpage and installed it.
me:~/Downloads$ ls google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb obmenu-1.0.tar.gz nmap-6.40-1.x86_64.rpm me:~/Downloads$ sudo alien nmap-6.40-1.x86_64.rpm nmap_6.40-2_amd64.deb generated me:~/Downloads$ ls google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb nmap_6.40-2_amd64.deb nmap-6.40-1.x86_64.rpm obmenu-1.0.tar.gz me:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i nmap_6.40-2_amd64.deb (Reading database ... 153471 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace nmap 6.00-0.3+deb7u1 (using nmap_6.40-2_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement nmap ... Setting up nmap (6.40-2) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... me:~/Downloads$
And it is now installed!
For further information on commands and other important pieces of information, I will be following this tutorial: