Working with Silver Tool on Kali Linux OS
Example 1: Scan host(s) from the command line
sudo python3 silver.py 192.168.144.128
In this example, we will be scanning the IP address 192.168.144.128 which is a metasploitable machine.
Our scan process is going on and the tool has saved the results in the .txt file.
We have displayed the contents of the output file.
Example 2: Scan top ~1000 ports
sudo python3 silver.py 192.168.144.128 –quick
In this example, only the first 1000 ports will be scanned for the faster results and execution of the scanning process.
Example 3: Choose packets to be sent per second
sudo python3 silver.py 192.168.144.128 –rate 10000
In this example, we have given the packet limit which will be transferred per second.
Silver – Mass scan IPs for vulnerable services
Network Scanning is the process of scanning the IP addresses for their open ports, services and getting the banner or OS information. This process is also known as Fingerprinting. No doubt we can do this through the Nmap tool, but the Silver tool is a mixture of Nmap and masscan tool which has various features like Resumable scanning, Slack notifications, Multi-core utilization, and many more. The silver tool is a fully automated tool developed in the Python language and also available on the GitHub platform.
Note: Make Sure You have Python Installed on your System, as this is a python-based tool. Click to check the Installation process: Python Installation Steps on Linux