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Best Reconnaissance books
2 books in our catalog cover Reconnaissance, ranked by rating. Each entry is an opinionated review with who the book is for and who should skip it.
01 · 2005
Silence on the Wire
A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks
Michal Zalewski's classic on the indirect attack surface: timing channels, protocol-stack fingerprinting, and the often-overlooked side data leaked by every layer of a stack.
Advanced5/5Michal Zalewski02 · 2009
Nmap Network Scanning
The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
Written by Nmap's own author, this is both a gentle introduction to port scanning and the definitive reference for every flag, timing knob, and NSE script the tool ships with.
Beginner4/5Gordon Fyodor Lyon