LinuxPR: Insecure.Org announces immediate, free availability of Nmap Security Scanner 2.50 May 1, 2000, 05 :40 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3460 reads)
"Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques
(determine what services the hosts are offering), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host operating system identification). More than 20 public beta release over the last year went into V2.50."
"Insecure.Org is pleased to announce
the immediate, free availability of the Nmap Security Scanner version
2.50 from www.insecure.org/nmap/."
"Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It
supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port
scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering),
and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host operating system
identification). Nmap also offers flexible target and port
specification, decoy scanning, determination of TCP sequence
predictability characteristics, sunRPC scanning, reverse-identd
scanning, and more. Console and X-Window versions are available."
