Working Of Zenmap ( Network Scanning Tool )

 

Zenmap is the official graphical user interface (GUI) for the Nmap Security Scanner. It is a multi-platform, free and open-source application designed to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while providing advanced features for experienced Nmap users. Frequently used scans can be saved as profiles to make them easy to run repeatedly. A command creator allows interactive creation of Nmap command lines. Scan results can be saved and viewed later. Saved scans can be compared with one another to see how they differ. The results of recent scans are stored in a searchable database.

CHOSEN SETUP
As Zenmap runs on a windows/Linux so i chose the following setup :
 Windows  OS – Windows 7 installed on a system
 Version- Zenmap 6 (http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-6.00-setup.exe)
 Scanning
Begin Zenmap by typing zenmap in a terminal or by clicking the Zenmap icon in the desktop environment.
Firstly, select the Target. Target could be any domain name or the IP Address, so right now my target is  10.0.0.2.



Profile
Profile combo box. Profiles exist for several common scans. After selecting a profile the Nmap command line associated with it is displayed on the screen. Of course, it is possible to edit these profiles or create new ones.
It is also possible to type in an Nmap command and have it executed without using a profile. Just type in the command and press return or click “Scan”.
 In Zenmap there are 10 Types of Profile :
a.  INTENSE SCAN
Command = nmap -T4 -A 10.0.0.2
Description  = An intense, comprehensive scan. The -A option enables OS detection (-O), version detection (-sV), script scanning (-sC), and traceroute (–traceroute). Without root privileges only version detection and script scanning are run. This is considered an intrusive scan.



SCAN RESULT TABS
Each scan window contains five tabs which each display different aspects of the scan results. They are:
a) Nmap Output
b) Ports / Hosts
c) Topology
d) Host Details
Each of these are discussed in this section:
NMAP OUTPUT
The “Nmap Output” tab is displayed by default when a scan is run. It shows the familiar Nmap terminal output.
PORT/HOSTS
When a service is selected, the “Ports / Hosts” tab shows all the hosts which have that port open or filtered. This is a good way to quickly answer the question “What computers are running HTTP?”



TOPOLOGY

The “Topology” tab is an interactive view of the connections between hosts in a network.



HOST DETAILS
The “Host Details” tab breaks all the information about a single host into a hierarchical display. Shown are the host’s names and addresses, its state (up or down), and the number and status of scanned ports. The host’s uptime, operating system, OS icon. When no exact OS match is found, the closest matches are displayed.

Double Driver Makes Backing Up & Restoring Your Drivers Easier Than Ever [Windows]

Your drivers can be a scary and intimidating thing. The two pieces of the Windows backend that I never recommend the novice user play with are the registry and device drivers. The smallest of errors in handling either of these can result in system instability or a completely bricked operating system, and that’s no fun.
As you become a more experienced, savvy, and paranoid citizen of the Internet, you’ll grow accustomed to religiously backing up your system and online data. Drivers are clearly a crucial part of this process, and in this post I’d like to introduce you to a free and portable tool that can completely back up or restore every driver on your machine in just a few clicks.

Double Driver

Double Driver works with versions of Windows from XP to 8. The download is just a little over 2 MB in size and can be extracted anywhere on your hard drive, external drive, or flash drive.
Launching the application shows how simple it is.

Upon launch, Double Driver will immediately begin to scan your system for drivers. Note that you need to launch the application with administrator privileges for it to work properly.
The main tab of interest, across the top, is Backup.

Click the Scan Current System button (near the bottom) and you’ll get access to every driver that exists on your system. Checkboxes are then automatically ticked for drivers that Double Driver detects as your most important, which by default are non-Microsoft drivers. The Select tab will drop down into a menu that allows you to invert your selection, select all, or select none.
The Scan Other System button will let you scan a non-live version of Windows, if you’re trying to backup another OS installation on a second partition or hard drive.
Clicking Backup Now will do just that.

I’d recommend you set the output as a zipped folder, as it will save the most disk space. The operation should then take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes.
Restoring your drivers is practically the exact same process, in reverse. Go to the Restore tab, select the folder where your backup has been saved to, and load it. You’re then able to select which drivers you want to restore, if not all.

These two features really sum up the core functionality of Double Driver. It allows preserving your drivers to be very easy. The only feature that would have been great to have would be a scheduled driver backup, but drivers are so rarely touched that many people should probably see that as unneccessary.
If you’d like to print out your drivers, there’s a tab for that. Clicking Print will automatically queue up your list of drivers to your default printer. Clear will clear your scan.
Let me stress again how sensitive the Windows system is when it comes to drivers. You should always be careful when tampering with, disabling, or updating any drivers on your system. In my honest opinion, if it ain’t broke then don’t go trying to fix it. Though I haven’t used the software in over a year, just using an automated driver handler like SlimDrivers has caused catastrophic problems for me in the past.

X-Mouse Button Control Lets You Bind New Functions To Your Mouse Buttons [Windows]

As a regular gamer, I know just how important of a peripheral the mouse is. The mouse offers so much control and, unlike certain areas of the keyboard, your hand is practically always resting on it. It’s a powerful tool!
Your average mouse isn’t very flexible on the software end, though. For the typical user, a plug-and-play mouse is all you’ll ever know. Just because you aren’t willing to drop $80 on a mouse doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have full control, however. While there are a lot of Windows applications that specialize in rebinding keys on the keyboard, X-Mouse Button Control is the king of tweaking your mouse. You just have to know how to use it.

X-Mouse Button Control

X-Mouse Button Control is described as compatible with Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 2003 R2, Vista, 2008, 2008 R2, and 7. I’m currently using it on Windows 8 Pro and not encountering any issues at all.
XMBC does not come with a portable version, unfortunately. The installer itself is just 4 MB in size and should take just a second to download.

While the program cannot be installed portably, it’s good that XMBC gives us the option of storing all of our data and log files in a folder outside of the Program Files folder. This will essentially allow you to save your XMBC settings on a flash drive and immediately load them on another system’s installation. It’s not complete portability and it’s far from perfect, but it works.
The application’s main interface is very plain and straightforward, as I’d prefer it would be.

Already set up for you is a default profile. If you intend to rebind mouse buttons globally, just make the appropriate changes to this profile. Otherwise, the default profile will only apply to applications that don’t have their own settings set up beneath it. We’ll get into that in a moment.

XMBC allows you to force mouse buttons to do things that you probably thought were never possible:

• Activate your screensaver.
• Launch your email.
• Lock the entire workstation.
• Control all media key functions.
• Print screen.
• Run an application.
• Show/hide desktop.

These are just a few. There are plenty more that you can see for yourself.
Adding a new application/window profile will first ask you which process you’d like to save these settings for.

This is a really great feature, most especially for those of us who play games! It’s nice to be able to set specific binds for games that won’t interfere with our most casual and professional activites (assuming you do all the same from one machine like I do).
As you can see in this example, I’ve got two binds set up for when the Notepad process is active.

There are even more extensive options in the Scrolling & Navigation tab.

X-Mouse button control is the kind of software that Windows ought to take into consideration when improving their OS. Wouldn’t simple features like this be awesome in Windows’ integrated settings for the mouse? This application is a must for gamers and requires very little explaining. Install, launch, set up default binds and binds per process, and you’re good to go.
What do you guys think of X-Mouse Button Control? Is it the best third-party application to manage your mouse button binds? Let me know in the comments!