Comments on: Nmap Port Scanner 4.50 Released for Download

By: razta

razta — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:39:09 +0000

Old post I know… has any one tried Angry IP Scanner v3 beta? Great tool, and now v3 is cross platform! Loads of new options in v3, great GUI and fast scanning! You should give it a try: http://www.angryziber.com

By: eM3rC

eM3rC — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:24:08 +0000

Like everyone above me says, EXCELLENT PROGRAM!

-gah this anti-bot addon to the posting box doesn’t work 1/2 the time =\-

By: Sir Henry

Sir Henry — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:38:32 +0000

@goodpeople:

Is it that they simply do not see the need or do not feel comfortable with the cli?

By: goodpeople

goodpeople — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:22:12 +0000

Nmap rocks! The gui will only make it more popular. Up til now my studens were somewhat reluctant to start using nmap, but this will definately take their reservation away!

By: cpj

cpj — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:17:26 +0000

On using the interface, I must say that it is very helpful for someone learning to use the program to its full potential. When I first used UMIT, I had never used and frankly ignored some of the triggers that appear in the commands. Now I suppose those who do not know about UMIT will get an interface with their Nmap, and this might generally be helpful.

I’m fairly new to Nmap, but at least I discovered which (unnecessary) services were leaving open ports on some of our systems.

By: Sir Henry

Sir Henry — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:12:44 +0000

I have to say, my initial testing with the latest version leaves me with a smile on my face. I definitely agree with the lot of you about teaching people the use of nmap and how this can assist with getting someone familiar with it. I can see extreme value in the command constructor for the latter purpose, as well.

By: Pantagruel

Pantagruel — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:50:21 +0000

Indeed a good thing to include a GUI, even though most will persist in using the CLI (I still preffer an remote SSH CLI over X being tunneled through ssh because of speed reasons) the GUI is a nice way to show others what to do with nmap.

By: Sir Henry

Sir Henry — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:44:50 +0000

I think that adding the cli equivalent is a brilliant move on their part. If only Cisco would do that with their L2/L3 devices. I will have to compile the latest version and try it out.

By: net2004eng

net2004eng — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:37:34 +0000

@SirHenry

I am a Nmap CLI kind of guy too, but when I have taught Nmap tutorials to fellow security engineers, I have liked to include UMIT in the lesson. Reason is, for those who are not particulary fond of the CLI UMIT/Zenmap are great for those just learning the tool. On the bottom of the GUI, it prints out the CLI equalivent of what you are doing in the GUI - which can even be helpful for those familiar with the scanner already…very nice indeed!

By: Sir Henry

Sir Henry — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:29:35 +0000

Although I have always been a cli-only nmap user, I would be intrigued to see how things are with the GUI, as well as the changes in the newest version.