NMAP 5 is out: http://nmap.org/
Top 5 improvements in Nmap 5 (from the site):
-
The new Ncat tool aims to
be
your Swiss
Army Knife for data transfer, redirection, and debugging. We
released a
whole users' guide
detailing security testing and network administration tasks made easy
with Ncat.
-
The addition of the Ndiff scan
comparison tool completes Nmap's growth into a whole suite of
applications which work together to serve network administrators and
security practitioners. Ndiff makes it easy to automatically scan
your network daily and report on any changes (systems coming up or
going down or changes to the software services they are running). The
other two tools now packaged with Nmap itself are Ncat and
the much improved
Zenmap GUI and results
viewer.
-
Nmap performance has improved
dramatically. We spent last summer scanning much of the Internet
and merging that data with internal enterprise scan logs to determine
the most commonly open ports. This allows Nmap to scan fewer ports by
default while finding more open ports. We also added a fixed-rate
scan engine so you can bypass Nmap's congestion control algorithms and
scan at exactly the rate (packets per second) you specify.
- We released Nmap Network
Scanning, the official Nmap guide to network discovery and security
scanning. From explaining port scanning basics for novices to
detailing low-level packet crafting methods used by advanced hackers,
this book suits all levels of security and networking professionals. A
42-page reference guide documents every Nmap feature and option, while
the rest of the book demonstrates how to apply those features to
quickly solve real-world tasks. More than half the book
is available in the free
online edition.
-
The Nmap Scripting
Engine (NSE) is one of Nmap's most powerful and flexible
features. It allows users to write (and share) simple scripts to
automate a wide variety of networking tasks. Those scripts are then
executed in parallel with the speed and efficiency you expect from
Nmap. All existing scripts have been improved, and 32 new ones added.
New scripts include a whole bunch of MSRPC/NetBIOS attacks, queries,
and vulnerability probes; open proxy detection; whois and AS number
lookup queries; brute force attack scripts against the SNMP and POP3
protocols; and many more.
All NSE scripts
and modules are described in the
new NSE documentation portal.
Grab it while it's hot.
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