Download Nmap 5.50

Nmap is an open source network scanner with which the network can be mapped. It is able to discover hosts and services. Compared to “simple” port scanners, Nmap is also able to take into account several factors, such as changing latencies and network congestion. Nmap is available for a wide range of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and BSD. The full announcement for version 5.50 is here these are the first two paragraphs.

Nmap 5.50: Now with Gopher protocol support!

Hi folks! It has been a year since the last Nmap stable release (5.21) and six months since development version 5.35DC1, so I’m pleased to release Nmap 5.50! I’m sure you’ll find that it was worth the wait!

A primary focus of this release is the Nmap Scripting Engine, which has allowed Nmap to expand up the protocol stack and take network discovery to the next level. Nmap can now query all sorts of application protocols, including web servers, databases, DNS servers, FTP, and now even Gopher servers! Remember those? These capabilities are in self-contained libraries and scripts to avoid bloating Nmap’s core engine.