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Nmap 5.00 Released - biggest release since 1997

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Re: Nmap 5.00 Released - biggest release since 1997

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you call this link bait?

It's basically the press release with a few extra lines, no real review or content.

We were honored to be given a pre-released copy of Nmap 5.0 by the inventor, Fyodor, and wrote a review based on first hand experience.

We should all do our part to promote open source tools, each in our own constructive way.

Re: Nmap 5.00 Released - biggest release since 1997

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I love how they just casually mention that they've been scanning the entire internet. It makes sense to me from a technical perspective, but quantifying the internet is still a pretty amazing thought in my mind.

Back when nmap first came out I used it to do something somewhat similar though on a much smaller scale. I was 15 or so and I did zone transfers on all the name servers listed in the file on Arins ftp site than scanned all the addresses I got back using nmap.

It was pretty interesting the results I got back though I had to stop when I was about 80% through the list as a sysadmin in California complained to my ISP and I was threatened with disconnection.

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