diff --git a/docs/legal-notices.xml b/docs/legal-notices.xml index eca267ba1..01c3e599e 100644 --- a/docs/legal-notices.xml +++ b/docs/legal-notices.xml @@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ Foundation. A modified version of the Libpcap portable packet capture librarylibpcap is distributed along with Nmap. -The Windows version of Nmap utilized the Libpcap-derived -WinPcap libraryWinPcap +The Windows version of Nmap utilizes the Libpcap-derived +Ncap libraryNpcap instead. Regular expression support is provided by the PCRE library,Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) diff --git a/docs/nmap-install.xml b/docs/nmap-install.xml index eab23d77d..309f7fee2 100644 --- a/docs/nmap-install.xml +++ b/docs/nmap-install.xml @@ -717,6 +717,14 @@ quite as efficient as on Unix. Here are the known limitations: Windowslimitations of +Nmap only supports ethernet interfaces (including most +802.11 wireless cards and many VPN clients) for raw packet scans. +Unless you use the options, RAS connections +(such as PPP dialups) and certain VPN clients are not supported. This +support was dropped when Microsoft removed raw TCP/IP socket support +in Windows XP SP2. Now Nmap must send lower-level ethernet frames +instead. + When using Nmap with WinPcap instead of Npcap, you cannot generally scan your own machine from itself (using a loopbackloopback @@ -728,14 +736,6 @@ connect scan without pinging () as that uses the high level socket API rather than sending raw packets. -Nmap only supports ethernet interfaces (including most -802.11 wireless cards and many VPN clients) for raw packet scans. -Unless you use the options, RAS connections -(such as PPP dialups) and certain VPN clients are not supported. This -support was dropped when Microsoft removed raw TCP/IP socket support -in Windows XP SP2. Now Nmap must send lower-level ethernet frames -instead. - Windowsperformance of @@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ self-installer named (where version is the version number of the specific release). Most Nmap users choose this option since it is so easy. Another advantage of the self-installer is that it provides the option to install the Zenmap GUI and other tools. Simply run the installer file and let it walk you through -panels for choosing an install path and installing WinPcap. The +panels for choosing an install path and installing Npcap. The installer was created with the open-source Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. After it completes, read as root. Analogous options are offered by most other package managers—consult their documentation for further information. -If you installed Nmap from the Windows installer, simply open the Control Panel, select Add or Remove Programs and select the Remove button for Nmap. You can also remove WinPcap unless you need it for other applications such as Wireshark. +If you installed Nmap from the Windows installer, simply open the Control Panel, select Add or Remove Programs and select the Remove button for Nmap. You can also remove Npcap unless you need it for other applications such as Wireshark. If you installed Nmap from source code, removal is slightly more difficult. If you still have the build diff --git a/ncat/docs/ncat.xml b/ncat/docs/ncat.xml index ada7fd572..4c2206565 100644 --- a/ncat/docs/ncat.xml +++ b/ncat/docs/ncat.xml @@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ url="http://www.tcpdump.org">Libpcap portable packet capture librarylibpcap is distributed along with Ncat. The Windows version of Ncat utilized the Libpcap-derived -WinPcap libraryWinPcap +Npcap libraryNpcap instead. Certain raw networking functions use the Libdnetlibdnet