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Nmap Stealth Scan

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Ivan Vanney
Sep 1, 2019

Usually when two devices connect, connections are established through a process called three way handshake which consists of 3 initial interactions: first of a connection request by the client or device requesting the connection, second by a confirmation by the device to which the connection is requested and in third place a final confirmation from the device which requested the connection, something like:

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