Nmap-3.50

Introduction to Nmap

Nmap is a utility for network exploration and security auditing. It supports ping scanning, port scanning and TCP/IP fingerprinting.

Package information

Nmap dependencies

Optional

OpenSSL-0.9.7d, PCRE-4.5, GTK+-1.2.10 (for building the graphical front-end) and libpcap-0.8.3

Installation of Nmap

Install Nmap by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Contents

The Nmap package contains nmap and optionally nmapfe.

Description

nmap

nmap is a utility for network exploration and security auditing. It supports ping scanning, port scanning and TCP/IP fingerprinting.

nmapfe

nmapfe is the graphical front end for nmap.