Re: Nmap 4.23RC1 released

["Kris Katterjohn" <katterjohn () gmail com>]

On Nov 10, 2007 5:09 AM, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> Hi everyone!  I'm pleased to release Nmap 4.23RC1 with all of our
> changes in the last 2 weeks.  You'll note that we have gone from a SOC
> development version to a release candidate to emphasize how close we
> are getting to the big stable release!

Awesome!

Do you have a prospective release date for the stable, or just when it
feels right?  I'm fine with either, of course; I'm just curious as
usual :)

> This version has some good stuff, but first here is an update on the
> debloating front:
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 fyodor fyodor 7109087 Aug 17 15:59 nmap-4.22SOC4.tar.bz2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 fyodor fyodor 7102810 Aug 18 15:10 nmap-4.22SOC5.tar.bz2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 fyodor fyodor 4896587 Aug 29 02:13 nmap-4.22SOC6.tar.bz2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 fyodor fyodor 4324612 Oct 11 02:26 nmap-4.22SOC7.tar.bz2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 fyodor fyodor 3637650 Oct 28 20:18 nmap-4.22SOC8.tar.bz2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 fyodor fyodor 3413565 Nov 10 02:32 nmap-4.23RC1.tar.bz2
>
> These 220K (compressed) removed did come at a big price: we lost
> NmapFE and the 1st generation OS fingerprinting system, which is a
> little sad after their 8+ years in service.  But it is finally time
> for Zenmap and the 2nd gen system to take over and shine!

Wow, I thought it would be much smaller than that with NmapFE and the
1st Gen OS Detection gone.  I guess the 2nd Gen system uses a lot of
the same functions as the 1st?  osscan.cc is still 1000+ lines long.

Thanks,
Kris Katterjohn

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