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Nmap 4.00 Released

Posted by Zonk on 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."

3 of 43 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No raw sockets in XP? by CerebusUS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here's Steve Gibson's reasons for a start.

  2. Re:Hoooooray! by DrSkwid · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can you post a link to the TOS, I'm interested as to how they word that idiotic clause.

    "All portscanning", even, say, the range 80-80 ?

    --
    There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
  3. Re:No raw sockets in XP? by archeopterix · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I wonder what's the logic in disabling raw sockets...
    Stupidity + historical reasons, which I am recalling from memory:

    1. Microsoft implements raw sockets, with some efforts to restrict access to them - only Administrators can use them.
    2. On XP all users are Administrators by default.
    3. Some people point this out, the stupidest being the loudest . ("Full Raw Sockets were created as a potent research tool. They were NEVER INTENDED to be shipped in a mass-market consumer operating system." )
    4. Microsoft thinks it's a good idea.