From: admin@vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk
Date: Fri Mar 24 2006 - 04:07:45 EST
To save you a bit of typing you can use -p- to specify all 65535 ports to scan. -0 is also not required as the -A switch carries out OS detection and version scanning.
NMAP -vv -A -sS -p- -P0 -oX target.xml www.xxx.yyy.zzz.
I generally use -sS -0 for my initial scan as it is quick and dependant on what results come back i.e. services not detected, I may then opt for a version scan to determine what services are running and not found on the initial scan. It may sound like double the work effort, however, I find a quite assessment of multiple hosts enables me to tailor where I go next.
Hope this helps
Toggmeister
http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk
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