Interview with NMAP Creator Fyodor

An anonymous reader writes "Whitedust has an interview with Fyodor, creator of NMAP. The interview covers a broad range of topics from Fyodor's roots and motivations in the security world to his newer projects and even mentions Fyodor's forthcoming book on NMAP network scanning."

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Fyodor's nmap is a great tool

[SecureTheNet]

for network assesment. It's the best free tool out there, and IMHO better than the commercial apps as well.

It mentions the book?!?!

[andreMA]

and even mentions Fyodor's forthcoming book on NMAP network scanning.

Of course the book has absolutely nothing to do with why he gave the interview.

Not that there's anything wrong with pushing a book you've written, but it being mentioned is hardly a surprise.

Re:Fyodor is not a heroic "white hat" security exp

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah I think someone else tried to troll this up from the past as well earlier on and it got modded down badly.

Perhaps no one cares? Fyodor is a security legend. Deal with it.

never mind the mod abuse -- read parent links

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess it's clear that certain editors and mods don't want this issue creeping into the discussion, but it's important. It sits at zero despite being relevent and raising disturbing issues surrounding fyodor's legitimacy.

Re:Obligatory

[blincoln]

Watch the video. She's cuter than the stills look.

More like "it's a video of a rivet-ish girl using nmap while stripping, and all the dorks on Slashdot can say is that she's not hot enough." Why is it that so many computer geeks don't get dates again?