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diff --git a/security/nmapfe/pkg-descr b/security/nmapfe/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c77e677a1b2e --- /dev/null +++ b/security/nmapfe/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +nmap is a utility for port scanning large networks, although it works fine +for single hosts. The guiding philosophy for the creation of nmap was TMTOWTDI +(There's More Than One Way To Do It). Sometimes you need speed, other times +you may need stealth. In some cases, bypassing firewalls may be required. Not +to mention the fact that you may want to scan different protocols (UDP, TCP, +ICMP, etc.). You just can't do all this with one scanning mode. Thus nmap +incorporats virtually every scanning technique known of. + +See the nmap homepage at http://www.insecure.org/nmap/index.html + +-- David + obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu |