Nmap Reloaded: "Biggest Release Since 1997"

Nmap version 5.0, has just been released by its creator, Gordon "Fyodor" Lyon, who describes it as the software's "most important release since 1997".

The new package includes Ncat, billed as a "a much more advanced and modern reimplementation of the beloved Netcat". Also included is Ndiff, which is designed to portscan networks and alert administrators to changes.