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Security Protection - Harry Waldron (CS)

Security Best Practices, Breaking News, & Updates

NMAP 5.21 PENTEST tool Release

Star Some minor issues surfaced with Nmap 5.20 and this release was quickly made to correct these problem areas.

NMAP 5.21 - HOME PAGE
http://nmap.org/

QUOTE: Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) 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 was named “Security Product of the Year” by Linux Journal, Info World, LinuxQuestions.Org, and Codetalker Digest.

New Version offers more than 150 significant improvements, including:

 o   30+ new Nmap Scripting Engine scripts
 o   enhanced performance and reduced memory consumption
 o  protocol-specific payloads for more effectie UDP scanning
 o   a completely rewritten traceroute engine
 o   massive OS and version detection DB updates (10,000+ signatures)