Learn As I Learn - Technology, Product and Cybersecurity
Learn As I Learn - Technology, Product and Cybersecurity
Akanksha Pathak
Series 5: Ep 6: Firewall & Proxy Bypassing
9 minutes Posted Jul 5, 2026 at 7:41 pm.
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Episode 6: Firewall & Proxy Bypassing: Nikto forEvasion & Vulnerability Scanning Description: Sneak past defenses! Learn how to use Nikto to scan web servers for known vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Discover evasion tactics like spoofing the User-Agent header, using evasion flags, and employing custom path mutation to bypass intrusion detection systems.

Commands:

1. nikto -h http://34.56.156.111.

2. nikto -h http://34.56.156.111 -useragent 'Mozilla/5.0'

3. nikto -h http://34.56.156.111 -evasion 1,4

4. echo -e "/admin\n/config\n/secret" > custompaths.txt

5. nikto -h http://34.56.156.111 -mutate 5 -mutate-options custompaths.txt