Nmap 4.00 released

Submitted by Rollie Hawk on Wed, 2006-02-01 10:39.

Nmap, Insecure.org's much-praised open source network auditing tool, has received a major set of updates. So many updates, in fact, that it was deemed worthy of a new version number.

Nmap 4.00 was designed to run faster and more efficiently than previous releases while still packing in new features. According to a SecurityFocus interview, these includes 230 improvements since the last release. Additionally, developer and security guru Fyodor noted updates to documentation, pointing out that Nmap 4.00 "has new, better organized and more comprehensive documentation, including a rewritten man page available in seven languages."


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