[PEN-TEST] New DoS ? (was: Re: "Type-of-webserver"-scanner?)

[Guy Cohen <guy () CRYPTO ORG IL>]

Jay D. Dyson <jdyson () treachery net> wrote:
>       As an aside, *don't* use an NMAP Beta version when doing this sort
> of thing.  I did that with my first web-scan and Lordy Sweet Jesus, it was
> like DoS in a Can.  I had Solaris boxen falling over and dying all over
> the place.  Now I use only the last stable release of that utility.  :)

This sound very bad. Can someone verify that ?