Nmap
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Nov 24, 2025first mention
Oct 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“After that you will need nmap and wireshark.”
“Those who cannot remember nmap are condemned to remake it poorly”
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“Do you mean something like nmap's network topolgy view?”
Caveats and dissent
“I've never even found a way to get arp or nmap to get close to Advanced IP Scanner”
Threads where it came up
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- item 46825417 1 mention
- item 46788720 1 mention
Also written as nmap. Data: nmap.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 11
“a discovery agent runs nmap on a discovered host”
“I check with nmap periodically.”
“Nmap In The Movies”
“current stack includes Nuclei, OWASP ZAP, Nmap, httpx”
“Recon Agent → nmap, ffuf, subfinder, amass”
“After that you will need nmap and wireshark.”
“Those who cannot remember nmap are condemned to remake it poorly”
“I've never even found a way to get arp or nmap to get close to Advanced IP Scanner”
“Do you mean something like nmap's network topolgy view?”
“run an Nmap scan”
“Core features working: YARA, Nmap, Volatility, Metasploit”