@@ -40,9 +46,11 @@ This is the default mode for nmap. If you do not add any flags and scan a machin
### "Stealthy" -sS
By adding the -sS flag we are telling nmap to not finalize the three way handshake. It will send a syn, receive syn-ack (if the port is open), and then terminate the connection. This used to be considered stealthy before, since it was often not logged.
By adding the **-sS** flag we are telling nmap to not finalize the three way handshake. It will send a syn, receive syn-ack (if the port is open), and then terminate the connection. This used to be considered stealthy before, since it was often not logged.
In the flag I imagine that the first **s** stands for scan/scantype and the second **S** stands for **syn**.
If we do not want to create a connection we can add the `-sS` flag