Editing Nmap (section)

==In popular culture==

In ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'', [[Trinity (Matrix character)|Trinity]] is seen using Nmap to access a power plant's computer system,<ref name="nmapmovies">{{cite web |url=https://nmap.org/movies/ |title=Nmap In The Movies |access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref> allowing [[Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]] to "physically" [[burglary|break into]] a building. The appearance of Nmap in the film was widely discussed on Internet forums and hailed as an unusually realistic example of hacking.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/05/16/matrix_sequel_has_hacker_cred/ 
|title=Matrix Sequel Has Hacker Cred 
|first=Kevin 
|last=[[Kevin Poulsen|Poulsen]]
|date=2003-05-16 
|website=[[The Register]] 
|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>

Nmap and NmapFE were used in ''[[The Listening (film)|The Listening]]'', a 2006 movie about a former NSA officer who defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.

Nmap source code can be seen in the movie ''[[Battle Royale (film)|Battle Royale]]'', as well as brief views of the command line version of Nmap executing in ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'' and ''[[Bourne Ultimatum (film)|Bourne Ultimatum]]''.<ref name="nmapmovies" /> In 2013, Nmap continued to make appearances in movies including popular sci-fi movie ''[[Elysium (film)|Elysium]]''.

The film ''[[Dredd]]'', a film adaptation of the famous [[Judge Dredd]] comics, was released in 2012 and also contains multiple Nmap scenes.<ref name="nmapmovies"/> Nmap is used for network reconnaissance and exploitation of the slum tower network. It is even seen briefly in the movie's trailer.

The command Nmap is widely used in the video game ''[[Hacknet]]'', allowing to probe the network ports of a target system to hack it.

In ''[[Snowden (film)|Snowden]]'', Nmap is used in the aptitude test scene about 14 minutes into the movie.