Nmap is an open source and cross-platform software that provides users with one of the most powerful network discovery and security auditing utility appreciated by numerous system administrators and security professionals around the world.
Features at a glance
Key features include the ability to monitor service and host uptime, manage service upgrade schedules, do network inventory, discover available hosts on a network based on raw IP packets, as well as to discover running services and operating systems on a specific network.
In addition, it supports a wide range of advanced network mapping techniques, including ping sweeps, TCP/UDP port scanning mechanisms, as well as the ability to scan networks of hundreds of thousands of computers.
What New in Nmap 7.11:
- [NSE][GH#341] Added support for diffie-hellman-group-exchange-* SSH key exchange methods to ssh2.lua, allowing ssh-hostkey to run on servers that only support custom Diffie-Hellman groups. [Sergey Khegay]
- [NSE] Added support in sslcert.lua for Microsoft SQL Server’s TDS protocol, so you can now grab certs with ssl-cert or check ciphers with ssl-enum-ciphers. [Daniel Miller]
- TypeError: argument of type ‘int’ is not iterable
- File “zenmapCore/NmapParser.py”, line 627, in get_formatted_date
- locale.getpreferredencoding())
LookupError: unknown encoding:
[Zenmap] Fix a crash due to incorrect file paths when installing to /usr/local prefix. Example:
- Exception: File ‘/home/blah/.zenmap/scan_profile.usp’ does not exist or could not be found!
How to Install Nmap 7.11 on Debian, Elementary OS, Ubuntu and Linux Mint (Ubuntu Derivative System) :
To install and update Nmap 7.11 on Debian 8, Debian 7, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.3 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:Download :
wget https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.11.tar.bz2
Extract Tarball :
bzip2 -cd nmap-7.11.tar.bz2 | tar xvf –
Move to folder nmap :
cd nmap-7.11
Configure and Install :
./configure
make
sudo su
make install
after you installed nmap, check your nmap version. open terminal and follow the command :
sudo su
nmap –version
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