applied a bunch of spelling/typo fixes sent in by Armin Mueller

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@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ o [Zenmap] Fixed a data encoding bug which could cause the crash
reporter itself to crash! [David]
o Nmap's Windows self-installer now correctly registers/deletes the
npf (Winpcap) service during install/uninstall. Also the silent
install mode was improved to avoid a case where the Winpcap
npf (WinPcap) service during install/uninstall. Also the silent
install mode was improved to avoid a case where the WinPcap
uninstaller was (non-silently) shown. [Rob Nicholls]
o Nmap's Windows self-installer now checks whether the MS Visual C++
@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ o Fixed an assertion failure where raw TCP timing ping probes were
o Update the NSE bit library to replace deprecated use of
luaL_openlib() with luaL_register(). This fixes a build error which
occured on systems which have Lua libraries installed but
occurred on systems which have Lua libraries installed but
LUA_COMPAT_OPENLIB not defined [Sven]
o [Zenmap] The automatic crash reporter no longer requires an email
@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ o [Zenmap] Another exciting new Zenmap feature is Scan Aggregation.
o Expanded nmap-services to include information on how frequently each
port number is found open. The results were generated by scanning
tens of millions of IPs on the Internet this Summer, and augmented
tens of millions of IPs on the Internet this summer, and augmented
with internal network data contributed by some large
organizations. [Fyodor]
@ -215,13 +215,13 @@ o The --top-ports option lets you specify the number of ports you wish
more than 95% of the open UDP ports. [Fyodor, Doug Hoyte]
o David integrated all of your OS detection fingerprint and correction
submissions from March 11 until mid-July. In the process we reached
the 1500-signature milestone for the 2nd generation OS detection
system. We can now detect the newest iPhones, Linux 2.6.25, OS X
Darwin 9.2.2, Windows Vista SP1, and even the Nintendo Wii. Nmap now
has 1,503 signatures, vs. 1,320 in 4.68. Integration is now faster
and more pleasant thanks to the new OSassist application developed
by Nmap SoC student Michael Pattrick. See
submissions from March 11 until mid-July. In the process, we
reached the 1500-signature milestone for the 2nd generation OS
detection system. We can now detect the newest iPhones, Linux
2.6.25, OS X Darwin 9.2.2, Windows Vista SP1, and even the Nintendo
Wii. Nmap now has 1,503 signatures, vs. 1,320 in 4.68. Integration
is now faster and more pleasant thanks to the new OSassist
application developed by Nmap SoC student Michael Pattrick. See
http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2008/q3/0089.html and
http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2008/q3/0139.html for more details.
@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ o Nmap avoids printing the sending rate in bytes per second during a
o [Zenmap] Nmap's installation process now include .desktop files
which install menu items for launching Zenmap as a privileged or
non-privileged process on Linux. This will mainly effect people who
non-privileged process on Linux. This will mainly affect people who
install nmap and Zenmap directly from the source code. [Michael]
o Improved performance of IP protocol scan by fixing a bug related to
@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ o Reordered the UDP port selection for Traceroute: a closed port is
o Add Famtech Radmin remote control software probe and signatures to
the Nmap version detection DB. [Tom Sellers, Fyodor]
o Add "Conection: Close" header to requests from HTTP NSE scripts so
o Add "Connection: Close" header to requests from HTTP NSE scripts so
that they finish faster. [Sven Klemm]
o Update SSLv2-support NSE script to run against more services which
@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ o The DocBook XML source code to the Nmap Scripting Engine docs
4.53 [2008-1-12]
o Impoved Windows executable installer by making uninstall work better
o Improved Windows executable installer by making uninstall work better
on systems which changed the default install path. The shortcut is
also now deleted properly on Vista. [Rob Nicholls]
@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ o Added UPnP-info NSE script by Thomas Buchanan. It gathers
many network devices such as routers, printers, and networked media
players.
o Fixed a --traceroute bug (assertion failure crash) which occured
o Fixed a --traceroute bug (assertion failure crash) which occurred
when the first hop of the first host in a tracegroup (reference
trace) times out. Thanks to Sebastián García for the bug report and
testing, and Eddie for the patch.
@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ o Improved rpcinfo.nse to better sort and display available RPC
4.52 [2008-1-1]
o Fixed Nmap Winpcap installer to use CurrentVersion registry key on
o Fixed Nmap WinPcap installer to use CurrentVersion registry key on
Windows rather than VersionNumber to more reliably detect Vista
machines. This should prevent the XP version of Packet.dll from
being installed on Vista. [Rob Nicholls]
@ -1393,11 +1393,11 @@ o Nmap's output options (-oA, -oX, etc.) now support strftime()-like
means that "-oX 'scan-%T-%D.xml'" uses an XML file in the form of
"scan-144840-121307.xml". [Kris]
o Fixed Winpcap installer to install the right version of Packet.dll
o Fixed WinPcap installer to install the right version of Packet.dll
on Windows Vista. [Fyodor]
o Fixed our Winpcap installer so that it waits for a Winpcap uninstall
(if needed) to complete before trying to install the new Winpcap.
o Fixed our WinPcap installer so that it waits for a WinPcap uninstall
(if needed) to complete before trying to install the new WinPcap.
[Jah]
o Fix a bunch of warning/error messages which contained an extra
@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ o Removed unnecessary recent_scans.txt and target_list.txt files from
o Updated the *.dmp preprocessed Nmap data files used by UMIT, and
also updated the scripts used to create them. [David]
o Winpcap installer was updated so that on Windows Vista it uses a
o WinPcap installer was updated so that on Windows Vista it uses a
different Packet.dll and omits WanPacket.dll. [Eddie]
o Unix installation now places NSELib dynamic libraries in 'libexec'
@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ o reason.cc/reason.h renamed to portreasons.cc/.h because a reason.h
o Fixed a bug in --iflist which would lead to crashes. Thanks to
Michael Lawler for the report, and Eddie for the fix.
o Finished updating Winpcap to 4.01 (a few static libraries were
o Finished updating WinPcap to 4.01 (a few static libraries were
missed) [ Eddie ]
o Added NSE support for buffered data reads. [Stoiko]
@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ o Fixed a bug which caused port 0 to be improperly used for gen1 OS
included by default). Thanks to Sebastian Wolfgarten for the report
and Kris Katterjohn for the fix.
o The --iflist table now provides Winpcap device names on
o The --iflist table now provides WinPcap device names on
Windows. [Eddie]
o The Nmap reference guide (man page) DocBook XML source is now in the
@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@ o Added --unprivileged option, which is the opposite of --privileged.
the raw network functionality of your operating system is somehow
broken.
o Fixed a confusing error message which occured when you specified a
o Fixed a confusing error message which occurred when you specified a
ping scan or list scan, but also specified -p (which is only used for
port scans). Thanks to Thomas Buchanan for the patch.
@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ o Added --release-memory option, which causes Nmap to release all
o Fixed a bug related to bogus completion time estimates when you
request an estimate (through runtime interaction) right when Nmap is
starting.a subsystem (such as a port scan or version detection).
starting a subsystem (such as a port scan or version detection).
Thanks to Diman Todorov for reporting the problem and Doug Hoyte for
writing a fix.
@ -3619,7 +3619,7 @@ o Fixed a bug where Nmap would quit on Windows whenever it encountered
being scanned. Now Nmap just warns that it is skipping raw scans when
it encounters the local IP, but continues on to scan the rest of the
network. Raw scans do not currently work against local IP addresses
because Winpcap doesn't support reading/writing localhost interfaces
because WinPcap doesn't support reading/writing localhost interfaces
due to limitations of Windows.
o The OS fingerprint is now provided in XML output if debugging is
@ -3770,11 +3770,11 @@ o Changed IP protocol scan (-sO) so that it sends valid ICMP, TCP, and
protocol is "open".
o The windows build now uses header and static library files from
Winpcap 3.1Beta4. It also now prints out the DLL version you are
WinPcap 3.1Beta4. It also now prints out the DLL version you are
using when run with -d. I would recommend upgrading to 3.1Beta4 if
you have an older Winpcap installed.
you have an older WinPcap installed.
o Nmap now prints a warning message on Windows if Winpcap is not found
o Nmap now prints a warning message on Windows if WinPcap is not found
(it then reverts to raw sockets mode if available, as usual).
o Added an NTP probe and matches to the version detection database
@ -4175,7 +4175,7 @@ o Modified the mswine32/nmap_performance.reg Windows registry file to
o Applied patch from Gisle Vanem (giva(a)bgnett.no) which allows the
Windows version of Nmap to work with WinPCAP 3.1BETA (and probably
future releases). The Winpcap folks apparently changed the encoding
future releases). The WinPcap folks apparently changed the encoding
of adapter names in this release.
o Fixed a ping scanning bug that would cause this error message: "nmap:
@ -4783,7 +4783,7 @@ o Added/fixed numerous service fingerprints thanks to submissions from
Max Vision, MadHat, Seth Master. Match lines went
from 164 to 179.
o The Winpcap libraries used in the Windows build process have been
o The WinPcap libraries used in the Windows build process have been
upgraded to version 3.0.
o Most of the Windows port is complete. It compiles and service scan
@ -5994,7 +5994,7 @@ o Renamed rpc.h and error.h because they conflict with Windows include
Nmap 2.54BETA16
o Upgraded to latest version of Winpcap ( 2.1-beta )
o Upgraded to latest version of WinPcap ( 2.1-beta )
o Merged in Windows port code from Ryan Permeh ( ryan(a)eeye.com) and
Andy Lutomirski ( Luto(a)mailandnews.com ).