Can I run a tool like Nmap from a remote machine to pentest on my local Network?

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Can I set up a backtrack system at home to connect to and remotely use tools like nmap on whatever network I'm in locally?

RedGrittyBrick · Answer 1 · 2012-02-12 18:39:31Z

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Yes.

Arrange for remote access to your home system. Obviously this depends on O/S.
- For Linux at home I would use SSH.
  - set port forwarding on your home router.
  - set up SSH service on home PC.
  - set up SSH client at local network (e.g. Putty).
Ensure nothing in your home network and ISP blocks any outgoing connections.
Make sure you have written permission from local management.
Connect to home PC and run nmap on your home PC.

answered Feb 12 '12 at 18:39

RedGrittyBrick
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	To be clear, i'm looking to capture and ping on my laptop wifi card and pipe the data back to a server running remotely. Is this what you were describing? – November Feb 23 '12 at 22:40
	@November: If by "piping" you mean using STDOUT piped across a network connection, that isn't in your original question. That can be achieved using SSH or with something like rsh/rcmd. None of this is necessary if you just want to view what nmap reports. – RedGrittyBrick Feb 24 '12 at 11:51

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