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Insecure.org has released a new major version of the free, open source “nmap” security scanner. (Don’t just call nmap a port scanner – Thanks to many improvements over the last years, nmap has become an excellent security scanner).

Visit http://nmap.org/5/ for more information about this new version.

Although there are roughly 600 updates in this new version, these are the top 5 improvements in nmap 5 :

ncat (allows data transfer, redirection and debugging) – (Remember hobbit’s nc ?)
ndiff scan comparison
better performance
improved zenmap GUI (including a real neat feature to visually map the network you have scanned)
Improvement of nmap scripting engine (nse), reviewed existing scripts and added 32 new scripts.

Download and install the new version, buy/read the book, spread the word, and scan ‘til you drop !

Some of my favorite nmap parameters/scan parameters :

Detecting common stateless …