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24 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 24 Jan \ on: What did you teach your child recently? AskSN

I taught my kid how to use nmap and now he likes scanning our home network.

Not sure what I should introduce to him next. He likes messing around

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 24 Jan

This is the first time I have heart of nmap! Sounds techy! (Which I’m not)

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 24 Jan

Why would you want to teach him to scan networks with nmap? That will trip a lot of alarms on other networks. If I were administering the network being scanned I would look back to who was doing it. The logs have all of the info and I would work with the whole Kali suite. That is a nice suite of tools, isn’t it?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 24 Jan

It was just for fun. I think learning these enumeration tools is really useful because it helps you understand how things work. Sometimes just being able to list stuff is what unlocks your understanding

But yeah I'll probably install a kali box for him at some point

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 24 Jan

But yeah I'll probably install a kali box for him at some point

There may be too many tools if you install the whole Kali box. That gets a tad overwhelming for noobies. You might want to limit the array of tools you give him. You might want to install it into a VirtualBox to minimize possible damages.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 24 Jan

Were you scanning for all the open ports? That gives interesting information and methods of attack.