Nmap Development: Re: Nmap 4.02Alpha1 Released

[AgentSmith15 <agentsmith15 () gmail com>]

Can someone explain this survey question?

"Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) features: Refuse to function without
license key, require registration and EULA acceptance to download."

What would be the pro/cons to this?

On 3/3/06, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am pleased to release Nmap 4.02Alpha1.  I don't know if I'll link to
> it from the Nmap page, but here are the goods:
>
> http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-4.02Alpha1.tar.bz2
> http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-4.02Alpha1.tgz
> http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-4.02Alpha1-setup.exe
> http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-4.02Alpha1-win32.zip
> http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-4.02Alpha1-1.src.rpm
> http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-4.02Alpha1-1.i386.rpm
> http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-frontend-4.02Alpha1-1.i386.rpm
>
> Here are the changes:
>
> o Added the --log-errors option, which causes most warnings and error
>   messages that are printed to interactive-mode output (stdout/stderr)
>   to also be printed to the normal-format output file (if you
>   specified one).  This will not work for most errors related to bad
>   command-line arguments, as Nmap may not have initialized its output
>   files yet.  In addition, some Nmap error/warning messages use a
>   different system that does not yet support this option.
>
> o Rewrote much of the Nmap results output functions to be more
>   efficient and support --log-errors.  I hope I didn't break
>   anything.
>
> o Fixed a flaw in the scan engine which could (in rare cases)
>   lead to a deadlock situation that prevents a scan from completing.
>   Thanks to Ganga Bhavani (GBhavani(a)everdreamcorp.com) for reporting
>   and helping to debug the problem.
>
> o If the pcap_open_live() call (initiates sniffing) fails, Nmap now
>   tries up to two more times after waiting a little while. This is
>   attempt to work around a rare bug on Windows in which the
>   pcap_open_live() fails for unknown reasons.
>
> o Fixed a flaw in the runtime interaction in which Nmap would include
>   hosts currently being scanned in the number of hosts "completed"
>   statistic.
>
> o Fixed a crash in OS scan which could occur on Windows when a DHCP
>   lease issue causes the system to lose its IP address.  Nmap still
>   quits, but at least it gives a proper error message now.  Thanks to
>   Ganga Bhavani (GBhavani(a)everdreamcorp.com) for the patch.
>
> o Applied more than half a dozen small code cleanup patches from
>   Kris Katterjohn (kjak(a)ispwest.com).
>
> o Modified the configure script to accept CXX when specified as an
>   absolute path rather than just the executable name.  Thanks to
>   Daniel Roethlisberger (daniel(a)roe.ch) for this patch.
>
> Let me know if you discover any problems.
>
> Cheers,
> Fyodor
>
> PS: Don't forget the Nmap survey if you haven't taken it so far!  We
> are more than 70% of the way to our goal of 2,500 responses.  Here is
> the URL again:
>    http://www.insecure.org/nmap/survey.html
>
>
>
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