3.59ALPHA5: Your Nightly Nmap fix :)

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

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I have just released 3.59ALPHA5, and feel that the new architecture is
starting to stabilize.  If you've been afraid to try it so far, now
may be a good time to jump in.  I'm hoping to get the kinks worked out
so that I can release it by September 1 (next Wednesday), which is
Nmap's 7th birthday.

If you do any benchmarking of 3.59A5 against 3.55, please let me know
the results.  I've been doing many tests during the last few days, and
have made many improvements in A5, but you guys have access to a much
wider variety of networks than I do.

Here are the changes since A4:

o Fixed a major timing bug that I introduced in ALPHA4.  The bug tends
  to affect scans against multiple, filtered hosts.

o Improved timing algorithms based on benchmark results against a
  diverse set of networks.

o Documented the --osscan_limit option, which saves time by skipping
  OS detection if at least one open and one closed port are not found on
  the remote hosts.  OS detection is much less reliable against such
  hosts anyway, and skipping it can save some time.

o Fixed an assertion failure (!probes_outstanding.empty()) reported by
  Bill Petersen (bill.petersen(a)alcatel.com).

o Fixed a bug that caused the source host (localhost) to be
  skipped when scanning a network that includes the host itself (at
  least on Linux).

o Fixed Solaris 10 detection by the build system, thanks to a patch by
  Tom Duffy (tduffy(a)sun.com).

o Improved Windows support when using the MingW compiler thanks to a
  patch from Gisle Vanem (giva(a)bgnett.no).

The URL is:

http://www.insecure.org/nmap/dist/?C=M&O=D

And here are the checksums:

bb6b858dd1cbc0ebe276b18ba1551532  nmap-3.59ALPHA5-1.i386.rpm
e52c1271e82d66f2e2bdd2e6eb748056  nmap-3.59ALPHA5-1.src.rpm
6c5627918ce37d6192345a0ad997731b  nmap-3.59ALPHA5.tar.bz2
09adcc3dcd39ad3a8bc11d646500918f  nmap-3.59ALPHA5.tgz
8085e91f7b374b4dca89c5f6f6af5382  nmap-frontend-3.59ALPHA5-1.i386.rpm

These release notes should be signed with my PGP key, which is
available at http://www.insecure.org/fyodor_gpgkey.txt .  The key
fingerprint is: 97 2F 93 AB 9C B0 09 80 D9 51 40 6B B9 BC E1 7E

Enjoy!  And please let me know if you find any problems.

Cheers,
Fyodor
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