tldr/pages/common/nikto.md

# nikto

> Web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6700 potentially dangerous files/programs.

- Update to to the latest plugins and databases:

`perl nikto.pl -update`

- Perform a basic Nikto scan against a target host:

`perl nikto.pl -h 192.168.0.1`

- Specify the port number when performing a basic scan:

`perl nikto.pl -h 192.168.0.1 -p 443`

- Scan ports and protocols with full URL syntax:

`perl nikto.pl -h https://192.168.0.1:443/`

- Scan multiple ports in the same scanning session:

`perl nikto.pl -h 192.168.0.1 -p 80,88,443`

- Set the proxy on the command line:

`perl nikto.pl -h localhost -useproxy http://localhost:8080/`