fyodor has released Nmap version 5.30BETA1! This version has added 37 scripts, bringing the total to 117 nse scripts!
“Nmap (“Network Mapper”) is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine against single hosts. Nmap runs on all major computer operating systems, and official binary packages are avalable for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. In addition to the classic command-line Nmap executable, the Nmap suite includes an advanced GUI and results viewer (Zenmap), a flexible data transfer, redirection, and debugging tool (Ncat), and a utility for comparing scan results (Ndiff).””
In addition to the scripts, an ALPHA TEST VERSION of Nping, a packet generator is also included in the Nmap distribution. The the passwords.lst database used by NSE has also been improved. It now has 5000 entries compared to 200 earlier. It also now detects the now famous Energizer trojan and Nmap now honors routing table entries that override interface addresses and netmasks.
Download NMAP version 5.30BETA1 here!
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