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Friday, 09 October 2009

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Zenmap is the official graphical user interface (GUI) for the Nmap Security Scanner. It is a multi-platform, free and open-source application designed to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while providing advanced features for experienced Nmap users. The purpose of Zenmap is not to replace Nmap. You still can use the good old command-line, but you will be able to use some advanced features like the “Topology” tab. This is an interactive view of the connections between hosts in a network. The following article will explain how to install Zenmap 5.0 on an Ubuntu system and how to use the main features.

Installation

If you search for Ubuntu packages using the URL below, you will still find the older package (4.76-0ubuntu4: amd64 i386). In this article we are using the version 5.00.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/

Please install version 5.00 like described below.

sudo aptitude install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
mkdir src
cd src
wget -c http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.00.tar.bz2
bzip2 -cd nmap-5.00.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
cd nmap-5.00/
./configure
make
sudo make install

To run Zenmap 5.00 go to Applications > Internet > Zenmap (as root).