source: basicnet/netutils/nmap.xml@ 93e69186

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY nmap-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/n/nmap-&nmap-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY nmap-download-ftp  "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/nmap-&nmap-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY nmap-md5sum        "ea50419f99472200c4184a304e3831ea">
  <!ENTITY nmap-size          "2.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY nmap-buildsize     "21 MB">
  <!ENTITY nmap-time          "0.3 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="nmap" xreflabel="Nmap-&nmap-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="nmap.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Nmap-&nmap-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="nmap">
    <primary sortas="a-Nmap">Nmap</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Nmap</title>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&nmap-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&nmap-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &nmap-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &nmap-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &nmap-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &nmap-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Nmap Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/>,
    <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
    <xref linkend="libpcap"/>,
    <xref linkend="gtk2"/> (for building the graphical front-end), and
    <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdnet/">libdnet</ulink></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nmap"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Nmap</title>

    <para>Install <application>Nmap</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>nmap and optionally, nmapfe and xnmap</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/nmap</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="nmap-prog">
        <term><command>nmap</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a utility for network exploration and security auditing. It
          supports ping scanning, port scanning and
          TCP/IP fingerprinting.</para>
          <indexterm zone="nmap nmap-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-nmap">nmap</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="nmapfe">
        <term><command>nmapfe</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the graphical front end to <command>nmap</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="nmap nmapfe">
            <primary sortas="b-nmapfe">nmapfe</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xnmap">
        <term><command>xnmap</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a symbolic link to <command>nmapfe</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="nmap xnmap">
            <primary sortas="f-xnmap">xnmap</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>