[luau] Nmap 3.00 Released!

[Warren Togami]

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From: "Fyodor" <fyodor at insecure.org>
To: <nmap-hackers at insecure.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:54 AM
Subject: Nmap 3.00 Released!

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Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce that Nmap version is finally available at
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ .  After more than 2 years and 39 beta
releases, the "stable" 3.00 release has arrived.  And just in time for
your Blackhat, Defcon, and USENIX Sec shenanigans :).

The changes in 3.00 (over 2.53) are dramatic, and we recommend that
all current users upgrade.  Here is a list of the most important
changes (a much more comprehensive list is at
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/data/CHANGELOG ):

o Added protocol scan (-sP), which determines what IP protocols (TCP,
  IGMP, GRE, UDP, ICMP, etc) are supported by a given host. This uses a
  clever technique designed and implemented by Gerhard Rieger .

o Nmap now recognizes more than 700 operating system versions and
  network devices (printers, webcams, routers, etc) thanks to
  thousands of contributions from the user community! Many operating
  systems were even recognized by Nmap prior to their official
  release. Nmap3 also recognizes 2148 port assignments, 451 SunRPC
  services, and 144 IP protocols.

o Added Idlescan (-sI), which bounces the scan off a "zombie"
  machine. This can be used to bypass certain (poorly configured)
  firewalls and packet filters. In addition, this is the most stealthy
  Nmap scan mode, as no packets are sent to the target from your true
  IP address.

o The base Nmap package now builds and functions under Windows! It is
  distributed in three forms: build-it-yourself source code, a simple
  command-line package, or along with a nice GUI interface (NmapWin)
  and a fancy installer. This is due to the hard work of Ryan Permeh
  (from eEye), Andy Lutomirski, and Jens Vogt.

o Mac OS X is now supported, as well as the latest versions of Linux,
  OpenBSD, Solaris, FreeBSD, and most other UNIX platforms. Nmap has
  also been ported to several handheld devices -- see the Related
  Projects page for further information.

o XML output (-oX) is now available for smooth interoperability
  between Nmap and other tools.

o Added ICMP Timestamp and Netmask ping types (-PP and -PM). These
  (especially timestamp) can be useful against some hosts that do not
  respond to normal ping (-PI) packets. Nmap still allows TCP "ping"
  as well.

o Nmap can now detect the uptime of many hosts when the OS Scan option
  (-O) is used.

o Several new tests have been added to make OS detection more accurate
  and provide more granular version information.

o Removed 128.210.*.* addresses from Nmap man page examples due to
  complaints from Purdue security staff.

o The --data_length option was added, allowing for longer probe
  packets. Among other uses, this defeats certain simplistic IDS
  signatures.

o You can now specify distinct port UDP and TCP port numbers in a
  single scan command using a command like 'nmap -sSU -p
  U:53,111,137,T:21-25,80,139,515,6000,8080 target.com'. See the man
  page for more usage info.

o Added mysterious, undocumented --scanflags and --fuzzy options.

o Nmap now provides IPID as well as TCP ISN sequence
  predictability reports if you use -v and -O.

o SYN scan is now the default scan type for privileged (root)
  users. This is usually offers greater performance while reducing
  network traffic.

o Capitalized all references to God in error messages.

o Added List scan (-sL) which enumerates targets without scanning
  them.

o The Nmap "random IP" scanning mode is now smart enough to skip many
  unallocated netblocks.

o Tons of more minor features, bugfixes, and portability enhancements.

MOVING FORWARD:

With this "stable" version out of the way, I plan to dive headfirst
into the next development cycle.  Many exciting features are in the
queue, including IPv6 support, service fingerprinting, improved
performance against heavily filtered hosts, and more!  Developers (or
active testers) interested in participating can join the nmap-dev list
by sending a blank email to nmap-dev-subscribe at insecure.org .  If you
want to be notified of new releases and important announcements, send
a blank email to nmap-hackers-subscribe at insecure.org to join that
list.

DOWNLOAD INFO:

Nmap is available for download from http://www.insecure.org/nmap in
source or compiled form. Nmap is Free software distributed under the
terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

For the more paranoid (smart) members of the list, here are the md5
hashes:

2b648bc66f1cedbeed230ef56f6549a8  nmap-3.00.tgz
cfb513f4083d1de94d2361bd2451f59b  nmap-3.00-1.i386.rpm
2d04682e972d954061e209865c8bf5af  nmap-3.00-1.src.rpm
fc4a43dcd2e038acc5f15d534cf8c079  nmap-3.00-win32.zip
002adb9b0d2e19b007c7de8929cf5e97  nmap-frontend-3.00-1.i386.rpm
00707cde90a33d0c796489b1b92a74b3  nmapwin_1.3.0.exe
bf0632817d74d42c8b4fdfe473620c73  nmapwin_1.3.0_src.zip

These release notes should be signed with my PGP key, which is
available on public keyservers or at
http://www.insecure.org/fyodor_gpgkey.txt .  The key fingerprint is:
97 2F 93 AB 9C B0 09 80 D9 51 40 6B B9 BC E1 7E

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

We would like to acknowledge and thank the many people who contributed
ideas and/or code to this release. Special thanks go to Albert Chin,
Alex Volkov, Andy Lutomirski, Chad Loder, Colin Phipps, Donna Andert,
Dragos Ruiu, Eilon Gishri, Evan Sparks, Jeff Nathan, Gerhard Rieger,
Germano Caronni, Giacomo Cariello, Greg Steuck, H D Moore, Jay Freeman
(Saurik), Jens Vogt, Kirby Kuehl (Vacuum), Lamont Granquist, LaMont
Jones, Lance Spitzner, Markus A. Nonym, Martyn Tovey, Matt Connover
(Shok), Matt Hargett, Matthew Franz, Nicolas Dawson, Pasi Eronen,
Patrick Mueller, Pieter ten Pierick, Ping Huang, Raymond Mercier,
Renaud Deraison, Ryan Permeh, Salvatore Sanfilippo (Antirez), Scott
Renfro, Sebastien Peterson, Takehiro Yonekura, Tim Adam, William
McVey, William Robertson, Zope Kitten, and everyone I forgot :).

And of course we would also like to thank the thousands of people who
have submitted OS fingerprints and everyone who has found and reported
bugs or suggested features. 

Cheers,
Fyodor
http://www.insecure.org/

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