Nmap 4.85 beta 9 port scanner released for download

Fyodor has recently released a new version of the popular security scanner.

Nmap is a "Network Mapper", which is used to discover computers and services on a computer network, thus creating a "map" of the network. Nmap is able to send IP packets different from the usual TCP/IP protocols used in order to get a response from the remote machine to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services and version are running on those machines, and also able to determine the operating system (OS) and also whether there is a firewall/packet filter in use.



Nmap can be run in both command line and graphical user interface (GUI) mode, which uses Zenmap, the official GUI frontend. Zenmap also features Topology, which is an interactive, animated visualization of the connections between hosts on a network. Hosts are shown as nodes on a graph that extends radially from the center. Click and drag to pan the display, and use the controls provided to zoom in and out. Click on a host and it becomes the new center. The graph rearranges itself in a smooth animation to reflect the new view of the network. Run a new scan and every new host and network path will be added to the topology automatically.



Several notable changes in this latest version are:

Multiple bugcrash fixes
Integrated 1,156 OS detection fingerprints
Detection includes Microsoft Windows 7 beta, Linux 2.6.28 etc
Improved SSL funtionality

For a complete list of changes, please visit here

Download the latest version of Nmap here:

Nmap 4.85 beta9

And you can find out more about Nmap here