Nmap: the Network Mapper - Free Security Scanner

Nmap: the Network Mapper - Free Security Scanner
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News
Nmap.org has been redesigned! Our new mobile-friendly layout is also on
Npcap.com
Seclists.org
Insecure.org
, and
Sectools.org
Nmap 7.90 has been released with Npcap 1.00 along with dozens of other performance improvements, bug fixes, and feature enhancements! [
Release Announcement
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After more than 7 years of development and 170 public pre-releases, we're delighted to announce Npcap version 1.00! [
Release Announcement
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Nmap 7.80 was released for DEFCON 27! [
release notes
Nmap turned 20 years old on September 1, 2017! Celebrate by reading
the original Phrack #51 article
#Nmap20
Nmap 7.50 is now available! [
release notes
Nmap 7 is now available! [
release notes
We're pleased to release our new and Improved
Icons of the Web
project—a 5-gigapixel interactive collage of the top million sites on the Internet!
Nmap has been discovered in two new movies! It's used to
hack Matt Damon's brain in Elysium
and also to
launch nuclear missiles in G.I. Joe: Retaliation
We're delighted to announce Nmap 6.40 with 14 new
NSE scripts
, hundreds of new
OS
and
version detection
signatures, and many great new features! [
Announcement/Details
], [
Download Site
We just released Nmap 6.25 with 85 new NSE scripts, performance improvements, better OS/version detection, and more! [
Announcement/Details
], [
Download Site
Any release as big as Nmap 6 is bound to uncover a few bugs. We've now fixed them with
Nmap 6.01
Nmap 6 is now available! [
release notes
The security community has spoken! 3,000 of you shared favorite security tools for our relaunched
SecTools.Org
. It is sort of like Yelp for security tools. Are you familiar with all of the
49 new tools
in this edition?
Nmap 5.50 Released
: Now with Gopher protocol support! Our first stable release in a year includes 177 NSE scripts, 2,982 OS fingerprints, and 7,319 version detection signatures. Release focuses were the Nmap Scripting Engine, performance, Zenmap GUI, and the Nping packet analysis tool. [
Download page
Release notes
Those who missed Defcon can now watch Fyodor and David Fifield demonstrate the power of the Nmap Scripting Engine. They give an overview of NSE, use it to explore Microsoft's global network, write an NSE script from scratch, and hack a webcam--all in 38 minutes! (
Presentation video
Icons of the Web
: explore favicons for the top million web sites with our
new poster and online viewer
We're delighted to announce the immediate, free availability of the
Nmap Security Scanner version 5.00
. Don't miss the
top 5 improvements in Nmap 5
After years of effort, we are delighted to release
Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
We now have an active Nmap
Facebook page
and
Twitter feed
to augment the
mailing lists
. All of these options offer RSS feeds as well.
Nmap: Discover your network
Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a
free and open source
utility for
network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network
administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network
inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or
service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine
what hosts are available on the network, what services (application
name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems
(and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet
filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. It
was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine against
single hosts. Nmap runs on all major computer operating systems, and
official binary packages are available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS
X. In addition to the classic command-line Nmap executable, the Nmap
suite includes an advanced GUI and results viewer
Zenmap
), a flexible data
transfer, redirection, and debugging tool
Ncat
), a utility for
comparing scan results (
Ndiff
), and a packet generation and response analysis tool (
Nping
).
Nmap was named “Security Product of the Year” by Linux
Journal, Info World, LinuxQuestions.Org, and Codetalker Digest. It
was even featured in
twelve
movies
, including
The Matrix Reloaded
Die Hard 4
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
and
The Bourne Ultimatum
Nmap is ...
Nmap
Security
Port Scanner
Flexible
: Supports dozens of advanced techniques for
mapping out networks filled with IP filters, firewalls, routers, and
other obstacles. This includes many
port scanning
mechanisms (both TCP &
UDP),
OS
detection
version detection
, ping sweeps, and more. See the
documentation page
Powerful
: Nmap has been used to scan huge networks of
literally hundreds of thousands of machines.
Portable
: Most operating systems are supported, including
Linux
Microsoft Windows
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
Solaris
IRIX
Mac OS X
HP-UX
NetBSD
Sun OS
Amiga
and more.
Easy
: While Nmap offers a rich set of advanced features for
power users, you can start out as simply as "nmap -v -A
targethost
". Both traditional command line and graphical (GUI)
versions are available to suit your preference. Binaries are
available for those who do not wish to compile Nmap from source.
Free
: The primary goals of the Nmap Project is to help make
the Internet a little more secure and to provide
administrators/auditors/hackers with an advanced tool for exploring
their networks. Nmap is available for
free download
, and also comes with full
source code that you may modify and redistribute under the terms of
the
license
Well Documented
: Significant effort has been put into
comprehensive and up-to-date man pages, whitepapers, tutorials, and
even a whole book! Find them in multiple
languages
here
Supported
: While Nmap comes with no warranty, it is well supported by a vibrant community of developers and users. Most of this interaction occurs on the
Nmap mailing lists
. Most bug reports and questions should be sent to the
nmap-dev list
, but only after you read the
guidelines
. We recommend that all users subscribe to the low-traffic
nmap-hackers
announcement list. You can also find Nmap on
and
. For real-time chat, join the #nmap channel on
Freenode
or
EFNet
Acclaimed
: Nmap has won numerous awards, including
"Information Security Product of the Year" by Linux Journal
, Info
World and Codetalker Digest. It has been featured in hundreds of
magazine articles, several movies, dozens of books, and one comic book
series. Visit the
press page
for further details.
Popular
: Thousands of people download Nmap every day, and
it is included with many operating systems (Redhat Linux, Debian
Linux, Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc). It is among the top ten (out of
30,000) programs at the Freshmeat.Net repository. This is important
because it lends Nmap its vibrant development and user support
communities.
Communication
Nmap users are encouraged to subscribe to the
Nmap-hackers
mailing list. It is a low volume (6 posts in 2017), moderated list
for the most important announcements about Nmap, Insecure.org, and
related projects. You can join more than 128,000 current subscribers
by submitting your email address here:
We also have a development list for more hardcore members
(especially programmers) who are interested in helping the project by
helping with coding, testing, feature ideas, etc. New (test/beta)
versions of Nmap are sometimes released here prior to general
availability for QA purposes. You can subscribe at the
Nmap-dev list
info page
Both lists are archived (along with many other security lists) at
Seclists.org
Though it isn't nearly as active as the mailing lists, the official IRC channel is #nmap on
Freenode
(irc.freenode.net).