--- F R E N D Z of martian --- nmap is a wicked little network security scanner -- Martin Cosgrave Appdev Ltd - http://appdev.co.uk 0117 902 3143 ----- Original Message ----- From: Fyodor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 12:48 PM Subject: Nmap 2.50 Released! > > It has been more than a year (and 20+ betas) since the last stable version > of Nmap. But 2.50 is finally here! Whew :). It has a couple somewhat > important bugfixes beyond BETA21. Thanks to everyone who contributed > code, ideas, and bug reports. Here is a press release from our "marketing > department" which hypes the new release and describes the major > improvements over 2.12: > > > April 28, 2000 (4:15 AM PDT) -- Insecure.Org is pleased to announce > the immediate, free availability of the Nmap Security Scanner version > 2.50 from http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ . > > ABOUT NMAP: > > Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It > supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port > scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering), > and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host operating system > identification). Nmap also offers flexible target and port > specification, decoy scanning, determination of TCP sequence > predictability characteristics, sunRPC scanning, reverse-identd > scanning, and more. Console and X-Window versions are available. > > Nmap has been named "Security Product of the Year" by Info World and > Codetalker Digest. It has also been praised by Network World, Wired, > 2600, Computer World, SANS, the CIO Institute Bulletin, and Phrack. > It is currently the 13th most popular download (out of 9,000+) on the > Freshmeat.Net software index . > > CHANGES: > > Version 2.50 is the first "stable" release since 2.12 (April '99), and > we recommend that all current users upgrade. Improvements from more > than 20 public beta releases have gone into this version. > > Here is a list of the most important advantages of Nmap 2.50 over 2.12: > > == The NmapFE graphical X-Window (GTK+) front end by Zach Smith (now > maintained by Fyodor) is included. A KDE front end by Ian Zepp is > available at http://www.edotorg.org/kde/kmap/ > > == Nmap now contains almost 500 contributed TCP/IP fingerprints for > remote operating system detection (see > http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nmap-fingerprinting-article.html ) > > == Added direct (bypasses portmapper) SunRPC scanning to determine > what RPC program is listening on a particular TCP or UDP port. > Almost 200 RPC services are supported. > > == Added sophisticated timing controls to give the user much more > control over Nmap's speed and timeouts. Users can specify canned > modes ( like "polite" or "aggressive") or manipulate individual > timing parameters directly. > > == Added ACK scanning and Window scanning for stealthy scanning of > heavily firewalled hosts. > > == Portability fixes: V. 2.50 is well supported on Linux (X86, Sparc, > Alpha, PowerPC, and Merced/Itanium), Free/Net/OpenBSD, and Solaris. > It has been reported to work on many other UNIX systems. > > == New resume option allows scans to be stopped and continued later > > == Many speed optimizations, especially with regard to scanning hosts > behind restrictive packet filters and firewalls. > > == Interactive mode enhances privacy and can add convenience > > == Numerous improvements to machine parseable & human readable output > > == New options allow host scan order randomization, logfile appending, > random target host selection, script kiddie output, etc. > > == Dozens of bug fixes and helpful tweaks. > > DOWNLOAD INFO: > > Nmap is available for download from http://www.insecure.org/nmap or > ftp://server51.freshmeat.net/pub/nmap in source or binary (Linux RPM) > form. It is Free software covered by the GNU Public License. > > Linux/X86 users w/rpm can install/upgrade Nmap in seconds as follows: > > rpm -vhU (nmap url) > where (nmap url) is one (or both) of these: > ftp://ftp.server51.freshmeat.net/pub/nmap/nmap-2.50-1.i386.rpm > ftp://ftp.server51.freshmeat.net/pub/nmap/nmap-frontend-0.2.50-1.i386.rpm > > Direct Questions or comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: > > We would like to acknowledge and thank the many people who contributed > ideas and/or code to this release. Special thanks go to Zach Smith, David > O'Brien, van Hauser, Lamont Granquist, Lance Spitzner, Bifrost, H D Moore, > Renaud Deraison, Ben Laurie, Mark Abene, Matthew Franz, Solar Designer, > Ken Williams, Max Vision, Bdale Garbee, Stany, Jan Koum Bill Beers, Mipam, > Tobias Nijweide, LaMont Jones, Thomas Reinke, Jonathan Fine, Erik Benner, > Jean-Yves Simon, Peter Marschall, Andrew Brown, Alek Komarnitsky, Ajay > Gupta2, Bennett Feitell, Phil Stracchino, Marc Renner, Sami Farin, Dries > Schellekens, Uros Prestor, J.D.K. Chipps, Arve Kjoelen, Ralf Hildebrandt, > Sven Carstens, Sergei V. Rousakov, Peter Kosinar, [EMAIL PROTECTED], K. Scott > Rowe, Bifrost, Matthieu Verbert, LaMont Jones, Vik Bajaj, Renaud Deraison, > Stefan Erben, Alexander Savelyev, Mark Smith, Charles M. Hannum, Savva > Uspensky, and Bill Fenner . > > And of course we would also like to thank the thousands of people who > have submitted OS fingerprints and all the people who have found and > reported bugs and suggested features. > > For further information, see http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > For help using this (nmap-hackers) mailing list, send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . List run by ezmlm-idx (www.ezmlm.org). -- Sent to you via the frendz list at marsbard.com The archive is at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
