Nmap 5.20 Released

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Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 23, 2010 @03:32AM from the more-and-better dept.

ruphus13 writes "Nmap has a new release out, and it's a major one. It includes a GUI front-end called Zenmap, and, according to the post, 'Network admins will no doubt be excited to learn that Nmap is now ready to identify Snow Leopard systems, Android Linux smartphones, and Chumbies, among other OSes that Nmap can now identify. This release also brings an additional 31 Nmap Scripting Engine scripts, bringing the total collection up to 80 pre-written scripts for Nmap. The scripts include X11 access checks to see if X.org on a system allows remote access, a script to retrieve and print an SSL certificate, and a script designed to see whether a host is serving malware. Nmap also comes with netcat and Ndiff. Source code and binaries are available from the Nmap site, including RPMs for x86 and x86_64 systems, and binaries for Windows and Mac OS X. '"

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Zenmap by Jesus_Corpse · 2010-01-23 03:35 · Score: 4, Informative

If I remember correctly, Zenmap was already the default GUI for Nmap from the 4.x series.
But happy with a new version nonetheless :)
This is the real story! by adese · 2010-01-23 03:53 · Score: 5, Informative

5.20 was released 4 days ago. Of note, Nmap 5.21 is already going to be released within 7 days due to some bugs. That's news! Also Zenmap has been stable since September 2008 and its first inception was released in a dev build in July 2007. Not news!
1. Re:This is the real story! by adese · 2010-01-23 04:08 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Another note : the current SVN build of nmap fixes all the known bugs being addressed in 5.21. So if you like dev builds... there you go.
Re:Thanks Fyodor! by heras · 2010-01-23 05:29 · Score: 2, Interesting

Silly question here: what does nmap have to do with the OpenBSD project?
ssl by planckscale · 2010-01-23 05:58 · Score: 2, Interesting

what would be the purpose of printing an sl cert? it has been a long time since i'e used nmap an now i'm cuirious to see the gui. thanks for the post.

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1. Re:ssl by linopop · 2010-01-23 07:28 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  checking the valdiationperiode of the SSL-cert on the fly. e.g. 30 ssl servers on the subnet. scan -> ah, 1 expires next week (that one I forgot about, I have to renew), 10 other show the wrong FQDN in their CN (that changed last month) etc.
Great News! by Voulnet · 2010-01-23 06:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Great to hear of this new update. And about the new GUI, is it going to include some cheesy, bizarre movie effects like annoying sounds and red "Hack this website" buttons?
1. Re:Great News! by slimjim8094 · 2010-01-23 09:36 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  You should check the nmap website. It's been used in countless movies, from Matrix Reloaded to Die Hard 4. In general, they even use it correctly!
  
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Re:Nmap? by Winckle · 2010-01-23 06:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Hand in your nerd card please.
Re:Nmap? by D+Ninja · 2010-01-23 07:39 · Score: 4, Informative

Now, normally, I don't like to be a jerk. But, I'm sick. So I feel justified. Is it really so hard to look this up when you have an entire internet to help you search plus an article linked above?!
Seriously.
(I'm being an anonymous jerk.)
Re:Nmap? by D+Ninja · 2010-01-23 07:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Ah well. -1 point for me for not clicking the anonymous button. Ah well. Like I said, I'm sick. Stupid flu. :: grumbles ::
Re:Nmap? by indi0144 · 2010-01-23 08:17 · Score: 3, Funny

Are you going to have Flu all week? : )