Compare and contrast footprinting and port scanning. Determine which you believe is the more important step in the hacking process and explain why. Evaluate whether or not you believe these processes are more difficult for an enterprise. Justify your answer.
From the e-Activity, discuss the tools' primary uses, strengths and weaknesses, competing products, costs, system requirements, and whether hackers and / or security personnel commonly use the tools. Compare and contrast the two selected tools and explain why you would consider utilizing one of these tools over the other.
e-activity,
Use the Internet to research at least two commonly used port scanning tools. Pay close attention to the tools' primary uses, strengths and weaknesses, competing products, costs, system requirements, and whether hackers and / or security personnel commonly use the tool. Be prepared to discuss.