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Nmap 2.54BETA25 released; Censorship
From: Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 04:36:11 -0700
Hello everyone, I am happy to announce that Nmap 2.54BETA25 is now available. I finally sat down and made some massive updates to the nmap-os-fingerprints file so that it can detect the newest operating systems. This includes the latest Linux 2.4.X series, FreeBSD 4.3, OpenBSD 2.9, Cisco 12.2.1, MacOS X, and many more. One nice thing about OS fingerprint submission processing is that it gives me an excuse to scan hundreds of machines (including a lot of obscure systems!). This helped me optimize some of the algorithms and to locate several problems. I also upgraded Libpcap to version 0.6.2 (with some modifications). It has come to our attention that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has banned Insecure.Org by filtering the website at their central web proxy (which all citizens must use). Those assholes! In response, we have no choice but to organize a secret opposition movement that will rise up and overthrow King Fahd Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Sau and install a constitutional Democracy. We must restore the freedome for all people to surf the web for porn and network security techniques!!! While we are setting up our army (this may take a while since we have no money or contacts), we urge people to hit Saudi Arabia where it hurts! All you have to do is avoid buying any more gas until they unblock Insecure.Org :). Also, no more tourist visits to Riyadh. There are plenty of other hot, barren deserts in the World you can go to instead. And while we are waiting for the gas boycott and the planned coup to bring the Royal Family to their knees, we are also promoting the following responses: o SA citizens (and anyone else I guess) can request that sites be unblocked by filling out the form at http://cgi.isu.net.sa/unblockrequest/ . o Anyone behind a filtering proxy can try accessing Insecure.Org through this "backdoor" URL: http://amy.lnxnet.net . That worked for one .sa resident I talked to today. Now, back to Nmap 2.54BETA25. Here are the CHANGELOG entries: -- Added a whole bunch of new OS fingerprints (and adjustments) ranging from big important ones (Linux 2.4.X, OpenBSD 2.9, FreeBSD 4.3, Cisco 12.2.1, MacOS X, etc) to some that are more obscure ( such as Apple Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS and VirtualAccess LinxpeedPro 120 ) -- Upgraded Libpcap to the latest version (0.6.2) from tcpdump.org. I modified the build system slightly by shipping pre-generated scanner.c/grammer.c (instead of using lex/yacc) and I also upgraded to the newest config.sub/config.guess . -- Fixed some issues with the new Libpcap under Linux (patches will be sent to the developers). -- Added "All zeros" IP.ID sequence classification to account for the new Linux 2.4 scheme which seems to use 0 whenever the DF bit is set (probably a good idea). -- Tweaked TCP Timestamp and IP.ID sequence classification algorithms For those of you running Linux/x86 w/a recent version of rpm (www.rpm.org), you can install/upgrade to the newest version of nmap/nmapfe with these commands: rpm -vhU (nmap url) where (nmap url) is one (or both) of these: http://www.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-2.54BETA25-1.i386.rpm http://www.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-frontend-0.2.54BETA25-1.i386.rpm source tarballs and source RPMs are always available at: http://www.insecure.org/nmap/#download For the more paranoid (smart) members of the list, here are the md5 hashes: 8f833c75b3002af8b0af55a9eff03927 nmap-2.54BETA25-1.i386.rpm 689ba06e786e3b7aabdca54b48292f04 nmap-2.54BETA25-1.src.rpm 62442768fc3b2ed9856241baa2281dc8 nmap-2.54BETA25.tgz bf3e73d13b792dd67c405dca60817b62 nmap-frontend-0.2.54BETA25-1.i386.rpm [ Yes, I should really GPG sign this email too ] Please let me know if you find any problems. Cheers, Fyodor -------------------------------------------------- For help using this (nmap-hackers) mailing list, send a blank email to nmap-hackers-help () insecure org . List run by ezmlm-idx (www.ezmlm.org).
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