Secure your network with Vista Nmap/WinPcap

If you want to be able to use your favorite unix/linux scanning application nmap on vista you now can! Once you download the tcp/ip autopatcher, you can run wild and scan your network, or scan the internet for insecure ports and anything you put your mind to, just got your site hosted somewhere? Check there security and scan them with nmap for your Windows Vista :)

Download nmap and winpcap package here

Things you will need to get started...
1. Windows Vista/XP/2k with WinPcap is the industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows environments: it allows applications to capture and transmit network packets bypassing the protocol stack, and has additional useful features, including kernel-level packet filtering, a network statistics engine and support for remote packet capture.
2. Nmap which is a open source security/port scanner for windows vista, Hackers use it, so should we :)
3. A command prompt :)

If your new to nmap here is what it gives you as a result...

nmap -A -T4 scanme.nmap.org playground

Starting nmap ( http://insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on scanme.nmap.org (205.217.153.62):
(The 1663 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: filtered)
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 3.9p1 (protocol 1.99)
53/tcp open domain
70/tcp closed gopher
80/tcp open http Apache httpd 2.0.52 ((Fedora))
113/tcp closed auth
Device type: general purpose
Running: Linux 2.4.X|2.5.X|2.6.X
OS details: Linux 2.4.7 - 2.6.11, Linux 2.6.0 - 2.6.11
Uptime 33.908 days (since Thu Jul 21 03:38:03 2005)

Interesting ports on playground.nmap.org (192.168.0.40):
(The 1659 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
135/tcp open msrpc Microsoft Windows RPC
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
389/tcp open ldap?
445/tcp open microsoft-ds Microsoft Windows XP microsoft-ds
1002/tcp open windows-icfw?
1025/tcp open msrpc Microsoft Windows RPC
1720/tcp open H.323/Q.931 CompTek AquaGateKeeper
5800/tcp open vnc-http RealVNC 4.0 (Resolution 400x250; VNC TCP port: 5900)
5900/tcp open vnc VNC (protocol 3.8)
MAC Address: 00:A0:CC:63:85:4B (Lite-on Communications)
Device type: general purpose
Running: Microsoft Windows NT/2K/XP
OS details: Microsoft Windows XP Pro RC1+ through final release
Service Info: OSs: Windows, Windows XP

Nmap finished: 2 IP addresses (2 hosts up) scanned in 88.392 seconds