July 31, 2002 (2:37 AM PDT) -- Insecure.Org is pleased to announce the immediate, free availability of the Nmap Security Scanner version 3.00 from http://nmap.org/ .

ABOUT NMAP:

Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host operating system identification). Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more. Most UNIX and Windows platforms are supported in both GUI and command-line modes. Several popular handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the iPAQ.

Nmap has been named "Security Product of the Year" by Linux Journal, Info World and Codetalker Digest. It has also been praised by Network World, Wired, 2600, Computer World, Information Security, Sun World, SANS, the CIO Institute Bulletin, and Phrack. It is currently the 8th most popular program (out of 24,000+) on the Freshmeat.Net software index .

CHANGES:

Version 3.00 is the first "stable" release since 2.53 (May '00), and we recommend that all current users upgrade. Improvements from 39 public beta releases have gone into this version.

Here is a list of the most important advantages of Nmap3 over 2.53. See the ChangeLog for a more comprehensive list:

MOVING FORWARD:

With this "stable" version out of the way, we plan to dive headfirst into the next development cycle. Many exciting features are in the queue, including IPv6 support, service fingerprinting, improved performance against heavily filtered hosts, and more! Developers (or active testers) interested in participating can join the nmap-dev list by sending a blank email to nmap-dev-subscribe@insecure.org . If you want to be notified of new releases and important announcements, send a blank email to nmap-hackers-subscribe@insecure.org to join that list.

DOWNLOAD INFO:

Nmap is available for download from http://insecure.org/nmap in source or binary (Linux/Windows) form. Nmap is Free software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Direct questions or comments to fyodor@insecure.org .

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

We would like to acknowledge and thank the many people who contributed ideas and/or code to this release. Special thanks go to Albert Chin, Alex Volkov, Andy Lutomirski, Chad Loder, Colin Phipps, Donna Andert, Dragos Ruiu, Eilon Gishri, Evan Sparks, Jeff Nathan, Gerhard Rieger, Germano Caronni, Giacomo Cariello, Greg Steuck, H D Moore, Jay Freeman (Saurik), Jens Vogt, Kirby Kuehl (Vacuum), Lamont Granquist, LaMont Jones, Lance Spitzner, Markus A. Nonym, Martyn Tovey, Matt Connover (Shok), Matt Hargett, Matthew Franz, Nicolas Dawson, Pasi Eronen, Patrick Mueller, Pieter ten Pierick, Ping Huang, Raymond Mercier, Renaud Deraison, Ryan Permeh, Salvatore Sanfilippo (Antirez), Scott Renfro, Sebastien Peterson, Takehiro Yonekura, Tim Adam, William McVey, William Robertson, Zope Kitten, and everyone I forgot :).

And of course we would also like to thank the thousands of people who have submitted OS fingerprints and everyone who has found and reported bugs or suggested features.

For further information, see http://insecure.org/.