Nmap SYN and TCP Connect Scans
Explore how Nmap performs SYN and TCP connect scans to identify open, closed, or filtered ports on a target system. Understand the differences between these scans, their uses, and how root permissions affect scan type selection to improve your network scanning skills.
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Nmap runs the default scan when no options are provided. The exact process of the default scan can be categorized into two different types. Let’s look at the two types of scans Nmap performs by default: the SYN scan and the TCP connect scan.
Nmap SYN scan
The SYN scan is the default scan Nmap runs if we run the command as root without any flags. This scan tries to invoke a three-way handshake but drops it midway. Nmap determines whether a port is open, closed, or filtered based on the response from the target.
The following picture shows how the SYN ...