Hello. I’ve made this post to help people who are struggling to complete this level; especially those who don’t have nmap installed. Digging through this forum, all I see are people talking about nmap and all it’s [s]bullshit[/s] features it has. “nmap is a great choice for this level”, “when I read the description, I instantly thought of nmap” etc.
The funny thing here is, all the people who “use” nmap can’t seem to find the answer. I read a post someone made on this forum saying he tried all types of scans (stealth, passive, aggressive) to no avail. However, the real question remains:
Is there a way to complete this level without nmap?
There is a tool that is installed by default in most linux OS. The simplicity of this tool guarantees you’ll get the answer without all the other extra, no-one asked-for information other tools tell you for… _(?)_/. Effective, solid, good, this tool deserves to be in every hacker’s toolkit.
The tool that is clearly superior is netcat.
I don’t have time to go in great detail about it, but you can open up your terminal and man netcat to learn about all of it’s features; some of it, nmap lacks in. The manual is straightforward, informative, good, solid, and funny.
I’m not here to give a how-to but I will give out a few hints:[list]
[]Knowledge about the previous level (Basic+ Level 6) will be helpful
[]Learning about whatever tool you are using will also be helpful
[]If you get multiple open ports, there’s nothing wrong with attempting to connect to them. A little trial and error has not hurt anybody
[]Since the specific port isn’t given to us, the next smart thing to do is to scan for all 65 535 ports[/list]
If you used nmap, and have read through this post, I hope you still got something out of it.
Hope this helps! :)
