Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.4

Chapter 16. Networking Utilities

Nmap-7.70

Introduction to Nmap

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

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.70.tar.bz2

  • Download MD5 sum: 84eb6fbe788e0d4918c2b1e39421bf79

  • Download size: 10 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 116 MB (add 21 MB for tests)

  • Estimated build time: 0.9 SBU (add 0.2 SBU for tests)

Nmap Dependencies

Recommended

[Note]

Note

These packages are recommended because if they're not installed, the build process will compile and link against its own (often older) version.

libpcap-1.9.0, PCRE-8.42 and liblinear-221

Optional

PyGTK-2.24.0 (required for zenmap), Python-2.7.15 (required for ndiff) and Subversion-1.11.1 (required for nmap-update), and libssh2-1.8.0

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/nmap

Installation of Nmap

Install Nmap by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --with-liblua=included &&
make

If you wish to run the test suite, run the following command: 

sed -i 's/lib./lib/' zenmap/test/run_tests.py

To test the results, issue: make check as the root user. Tests need a graphical session.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--with-liblua=included: This switch is required to fix compilation with lua 5.3.

Contents

Installed Programs: ncat, ndiff, nmap, nmapfe, nmap-update, nping, uninstall_ndiff, uninstall_zenmap, xnmap and zenmap
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/{radialnet,zenmapCore,zenmapGUI}, and /usr/share/{ncat,nmap,zenmap}

Short Descriptions

ncat

is a utility for reading and writing data across networks from the command line.

ndiff

is a tool to aid in the comparison of Nmap scans.

nmap

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

nmapfe

is a symbolic link to zenmap.

nmap-update

is an updater for Nmap architecture-independent files.

nping

is an open-source tool for network packet generation, response analysis and response time measurement.

uninstall_ndiff

is a Python script to uninstall ndiff.

uninstall_zenmap

is a Python script to uninstall zenmap.

xnmap

is a symbolic link to zenmap.

zenmap

is a Python based graphical nmap frontend viewer.

Last updated on 2019-02-18 22:16:11 -0800