Several Notes

[Fyodor <fyodor () dhp com>]

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Hello everyone, there are a few things I didn't get a chance to mention in
yesterday's announcement:

1) I'll bet you didn't know that some of your fellow Nmap hackers
   are also talented artists!  I've put up some cool contributed
   banners and buttons at
   http://www.insecure.org/nmap/index.html#propaganda .  Feel free
   to use these for linking to Nmap from your site :).  More graphic
   contributions are always welcome.

2) I forgot to include the URL for Nmap in my last mail.  It is
   http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ .  Linux/x86 users with RPM
   can download
   http://www.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-2.3BETA4-1.i386.rpm
   and then install it with:

   rpm -vhi nmap-2.3BETA4-1.i386.rpm

   if you have already installed an earlier Nmap RPM, you
   should upgrade instead, with the command:

   rpm -vhU nmap-2.3BETA4-1.i386.rpm

3) Zach <key () aye net> has made many updates to NmapFE since the
   version that is currently included with Nmap 2.3BETA4.  If you
   are using NmapFE, you should probably pick up the latest
   warez at http://a.linuxbox.com/nmapfe.html .

4) Ian Zepp <icszepp () islc net> has created another cool front
   end to Nmap called Kmap.  This offers various data views
   (Tree form, table form, raw Nmap output form), many convenience
   features, and Qt/KDE integration.  Check it out at
   http://www.islc.net/~icszepp/kmap/index.html

5) Some spammers may have been harvesting the Nmap page for
   email addresses.  If you get such spam, remember to give
   them hell!  Nmap them, use traceroute/whois to find their
   ISPs and complain to abuse@, etc.  If they give out
   800/888/877 numbers, that means they WANT your opinions
   regarding their spam so much that they are willing to PAY MONEY
   to hear what you have to say!  If you are feeling generous,
   call up several times to offer your opinions :).  If enough
   anti-spammers call, their box will fill up and prevent real
   customers from leaving a message.  If they are local to you, 
   pay them a visit.

7) A lot of Windows users tell me that they wish to use Nmap, but
   they don't want to give up Windows & WinNT because that is what all
   their video games run on.  First of all, Linux now supports Quake,
   Doom, Civilization: Call To Power, and many other top quality games.
   Further, you can set up your system dual-boot, allowing you to boot
   into Windows when you are tired of productive work.  But if you still
   insist on running Nmap from Windows, there are a number of Web
   gateways that will do the scanning for you (some cost money
   though).  See http://www.insecure.org/nmap/index.html#projects for
   several examples.

Cheers,
- -F


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Fyodor                            'finger pgp () pgp insecure org | pgp -fka'
"Hacking is not about answers. Hacking is about the path you take to find
 the answers." --ReDragon


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