Nmap 4.00 Released

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 31, 2006 @07:24AM from the enjoy-mapping-those-n's dept.

NoExec writes "Hot off the nmap-hackers list comes news that the Nmap Security Scanner version 4.00 has been released. Dozens of major changes since 3.50 (2 years ago) are listed in the announcement. These include a rewritten (for speed and memory efficiency) port scanning engine, ARP scanning, a brand new man page and install guide, 'l33t ASCII art, runtime interaction, massive version detection improvements, MAC address spoofing, increased Windows performance, 500 new OS detection fingerprints, completion time estimates, and much more."

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SecurityFocus Interview by yesnoyes · 2006-01-31 08:04 · Score: 5, Informative

SecurityFocus just posted an excellent interview with Fyodor about the 4.00 release. Topics include speed benchmarks, version detection improvement details, the upcoming new OS detection system, and reactions to Nessus going proprietary.
Re:No signed source code? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-31 09:08 · Score: 5, Informative

Would be nice if he signed the tarball with a pgp key.
He did. See Verifying the integrity of Nmap downloads.