Service identification with Amap
Amap is a cousin of Nmap, and was designed specifically for the purpose of identifying network services. In this recipe, we will explain how to use Amap to perform service identification.
Getting ready
To use Amap to perform service identification, you will need to have a remote system running network services that can be probed and inspected. In the examples provided, an instance of Metasploitable2 is used to perform this task. For more information on setting up Metasploitable2, refer to the Installing Metasploitable2 recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.
How to do it…
The Amap is designed for service identification, let's perform the service identification using Amap by the help of these steps:
- To perform service identification on a single port, run Amap with the IP address and port number specifications:

- Amap can also be used to scan a sequential series of port numbers using dash notation. To do this, execute the
amap
command with the IP address specification...