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zmap vs. nmap CIDR/24/16
#nmap host discovery
#Nmap sends an ICMP echo request, a TCP SYN packet to port 443, a TCP ACK packet to port 80, and an ICMP timestamp request.
$ time sudo zmap -p 80 -i wlan1 10.0.0.0/24
real 0m9.135s
user 0m0.153s
sys 0m0.109s
CIDR 24
$ time nmap -p 80 10.0.0.0/24
real 0m3.612s
user 0m0.122s
sys 0m0.039s
CIDR 16
$ time sudo zmap -p 80 -i wlan1 10.0.0.0/16
real 1m11.225s
user 0m0.498s
sys 0m1.326s
$ time nmap -p 80 10.0.0.0/16
Nmap done: 65536 IP addresses (3 hosts up) scanned in 5482.31 seconds
real 91m22.334s
user 1m22.048s91
sys 0m17.157s
$ time nmap -T5 -p 80 10.0.0.0/24
Nmap done: 65536 IP addresses (3 hosts up) scanned in 1293.12 seconds
real 21m33.132s
user 1m33.867s
sys 0m11.227s
#nmap default 1000 vs. all ports
$ time nmap -v -p- 10.0.0.1
Scanning 10.0.0.1 [65535 ports]
Completed Connect Scan at 23:12, 142.96s elapsed (65535 total ports)
$ time nmap -v 10.0.0.1
Scanning 10.0.0.1 [1000 ports]
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 4.53 seconds
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