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Nikto Web Scanner is an another good to have tool for any Linux administrator’s arsenal. It’s an Open source web scanner released under the GPL license, which is used to perform comprehensive tests on Web servers for multiple items including over 6500 potentially dangerous files/ CGIs.Suggested Read:It’s written by Chris Solo and David Lodge for Vulnerability assessment, it checks for outdated versions over 1250 Web servers and over 270 version specific problems. It also scans and reports for outdated web server software and plugins.

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Welcome back today we will be talking a little about web vulnerabilities and how we can scan for vulnerabilities in web servers using Nikto. Before attacking a website its vital to do reconnaissance on the target website this helps us gather & log various information about the website or target web application. How to install and scan the vulnerability using Nikto tool in kali linux. On windows first install the perl interpreter. Next download nikto and extract the.

Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6500 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated versions of over 1250 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers. It also checks for server configuration items such as the presence of multiple index files, HTTP server options, and will attempt to identify installed web servers and software. Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and can be automatically updated.Install nikto on ubuntuOn Ubuntu nikto can be installed directly from synaptic manager.

$ sudo apt-get install niktoNikto is written in perl, so you need to have perl installed to be able to run it.Install nikto on windowsOn windows first install the perl interpreter. Skyrim forgotten city immaculate armor. It can be downloaded from. Download the installer and install perl.Next download nikto and extract the contents of the archive into a directory.

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Now run from the command prompt like this. C:pentestnikto-2.1.5perl nikto.pl -h example.comThe above command actually runs the perl interpreter which loads the nikto.pl source file and runs it with whatever options are provided next to it. Using NiktoLets now use nikto on some webserver and see what kind of things it can do.

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Lets try a test against a certain php+mysql website that is hosted on apache.