Back from Europe; Nmap in 3rd Movie

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

Hello everyone.  I just returned from Europe and have resumed Nmap
development.  It was an exciting trip that involved everything from
speaking at IT-Defense in Ludwigsburg, skiing outside Zurich, spending
several days at the Louvre in Paris, and getting beat up by street
thugs in Amsterdam.  I also had the pleasure of meeting dozens of you
in cities all over the region.  I only wish I could have stayed long
enough to visit Crete, Cyprus, Prague, Berlin, Bulgaria, and other
cities people wrote to me from.  A bunch of people seriously stretched
the definition of "Europe trip" by inviting me to Argentina and Chile
:).  I'm flattered, even though I couldn't make such a diversion.

One thing I learned during the trip is that Nmap has found its way
into a third movie!  Nmap source was shown in Battle Royale in 2000,
and I sort of recall it being featured in some sci-fi film last summer
:).  But Nmap also made its way into a new porn genre: UNIX hacker
pr0n!  A friend in Amsterdam gave me a DVD titled "HaXXXors Vol. 1: No
Longer Floppy," which includes scenes such as "Naked Dumpster Diving"
and "Fun with Nmap".  In the latter, the lovely E-Lita walks us
through downloading, compiling, and executing Nmap while she keeps our
attention by methodically removing her clothing :).  The HaXXXors gave
me permission to post screenshots and even videos of the whole Nmap
chapter:

http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nmap_haxxxor.html

I found it amusing, anyway :).  That page itself is work-safe, but
some of the links aren't.  Please don't visit if you are offended by
this sort of material.

In other news, I have had very few problem reports with Nmap 3.50.  I
would recommend upgrading to this version.  I have also made
substantial progress on the Nmap book, and will post the first
chapters shortly.

Cheers,
Fyodor

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