Introduction to NSE
Explore the Nmap Scripting Engine to enhance your scanning capabilities with custom Lua scripts. Understand how NSE enables automation, detailed information gathering, and vulnerability assessment, making Nmap a powerful network security tool.
What is the Nmap Scripting Engine?
Nmap is primarily designed to detect devices running on a network and find open ports along with various attributes of the network. The Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) takes this to the next level by allowing users to write scripts (or use existing ones) to perform more advanced tasks during scanning.
NSE scripts are written in the Lua programming language. They can be used to perform various tasks, such as network discovery, vulnerability assessment, and even exploitation.
Here’s the syntax of an Nmap script scan:
nmap --script <script_name> <target_host>