source: basicnet/netutils/nmap.xml@ c7777adb

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

  <!ENTITY nmap-download-http "http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-&nmap-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY nmap-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/nmap-&nmap-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY nmap-size          "1.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY nmap-buildsize     "14.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY nmap-time          "0.35 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="nmap" xreflabel="Nmap-&nmap-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="nmap.html"?>
<title><application>Nmap</application>-&nmap-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Nmap</application></title>

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

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Nmap</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="openssl"/>, 
<xref linkend="pcre"/>, 
<xref linkend="GTK"/> (for building the graphical front-end) and 
<xref linkend="libpcap"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Nmap</application></title>

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

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Nmap</application> package contains
<command>nmap</command> and optionally <command>nmapfe</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>nmap</title>
<para><command>nmap</command> is a utility for network exploration and
security auditing. It supports ping scanning, port scanning and
<acronym>TCP</acronym>/<acronym>IP</acronym> fingerprinting.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>nmapfe</title>
<para><command>nmapfe</command> is the graphical front end to 
<command>nmap</command>.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>