When the port is closed or “not listening” the server response a RST+ACK flag, which is acknowledged back with an RST flag by client, and then the connection is closed. Once the handshaking is completed, the connection is terminated by the client. When the port is open, the client sends a SYN flag, the server replies a SYN+ACK flag, which is acknowledged back with an ACK flag by client. Because of this fact this technique has a drawback that it can be easily detected and blocked. This scan uses a normal TCP connection to determine port availability and utilizes a TCP 3-way handshake connection that typically every other TCP application will use on a network. In this type of scan hacker try to connect to all the ports of the victim. So lets focus more on different scanning techniques.ĭifferent types of port scanning techniques:ġ.

Most elite hackers opt for Stealth Scan as its run in background without the knowledge of the user. First of all we must need to choose which Port scanning technique we gonna use to scan the victim.

Friends i am explaining this to you because different type of Port scan technique will result into different information gathering and scenerio will be different for each type. Now you all will be thinking why the hell, i am explaining different types of scans when we can simply do a normal port scan using any port scanning tool like NMAP or Free port scanner etc. Port Scanning is accomplished by running port scanner against the host to scan 0 to 65536 potentially available ports on computer. In simple words, Port Scanning is a series of attempts by a hacker or network administrator to examine which ports on a network are open/closed/filtered by attempting to connect to a range of ports and then gathering information from responding open ports to detect what applications or which service is associated or running on those ports. Lets start with a brief overview of yesterday’s tutorial. Hello friends, in yesterday’s tutorial i have explained Port scanning basics, today i will teach you different types of port scanning and their analysis, drawbacks etc.

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