Re: [Nolug] nmap 5 released!

I guess i could have included some details...
here goes:

" With nearly 600 changes, I consider 5.00 to be the most important
release we've made since 1997. "
Fyodor, Creator of Nmap

At 9:00am this morning, Nmap 5 released!
Download Nmap v5 now from http://nmap.org/!

Notes:
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1. Ncat included with Nmap. If you are familiar with netcat, then
enough said. If not, ncat is a "reinvention" of the infamous netcat
tool. Ncat is defined as the 'swiss army knife' for security testing
and admin functions and can be considered a 'piece of clay' as you'll
find it's range of uses is only limited by the user's imagination and
technical skills.
See http://nmap.org/ncat/

2. Ndiff scan comparison tool can be used to compare two Nmap XML
files - in essence, you can scan a host today and scan it tomorrow
and use Ndiff to compare the two to see differences in the results.
See http://nmap.org/ndiff/man.html

3. Performance enhancements have been made possible by the numerous
scans Fyodor made of the internet last summer and finding the most
commonly-open ports and reduce the number of ports scanned by default.
In addition, you can define your own scan rate and bypass Nmaps
congestion control algorithms.

4. The Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) scripts have been improved and 32
new scripts added including scripts for MSRPC/NetBIOS atacks, queries
and vulnerability probes, brute force attack scripts against SNMP and
POP3 and more. NSE scripts/modules are defined at
http://nmap.org/nsedoc/

5. The Nmap Book - this is a MUST HAVE for anyone involved in network
troubleshooting or security! This is the best technical book that has
come out in many years!
Get this right now at http://nmap.org/book/
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Received on 07/16/09