Added new functions to create the Nmap uninstaller and install the VC++ 2008 and 2010 redistributables in the appropriate sections. Previously we only created the uninstaller if the Nmap Core Files were selected, and we didn't install the VC++ files if Nping, Ncat and Ndiff were installed on their own.
installation directory, but it has some restrictions:
;; It must be the last parameter used in the command line and must not
;; contain any quotes, even if the path contains spaces. Only absolute
;; paths are supported.
o UPgrades to latest version of WinPcap (4.1.1)
o corrects a long-standing bug in our WinPcap installer (we surrounded
the install path in the registry with double quotes, which meant we
wouldn't uninstall our older versions during an install)
o removed the GUI option to select where the WinPcap files are
installed (all of the important ones end up in the Windows directory
anyway). WinPcap folder is installed in the same Program Files
location on x64 platforms as the official WinPcap installer uses
(although we're not sure that is the best place)
o Rob notes that he's successfully tested the installer on XP SP3,
2003 SP2 x86, Vista SP2 x86 and Windows 7 x64
Windows. Use this bundle if no other was specified with --ssl-trustfile.
Instructions for extracting the certificates are included. I have to go back
now and make this compile on Unix.
duplicate DLL files to the distribution. David found that using a
different GTK download fixed the problem (see
docs/win32-installer-zenmap-buildguide.txt) and Fyodor was able to
reproduce and implement.
uninstalling (it would have already been removed). I put in a comment
explaining that nselib-bin used to be used but isn't any longer. Thanks to jah
for the suggestion.
too. The section in scripting.xml about creating C modules is gone. (But maybe
it should be replaced with a tutorial on making static modules?) The only
places where nselib-bin is still referenced are in mswin32/nsis/Nmap.nsi, where
it is still removed on uninstallation; and in mswin32/nmap.vcproj, from where I
don't have the resources now to remove it.
Visual C++ 2008 runtime components if they aren't already installed
on a system. These are some reasonably small DLLs that are
generally necessary for applications compiled with Visual C++ (with
dynamic linking). Many or most systems already have these installed
from other software packages. The lack of these components led to
the error message "The Application failed to intialize properly
(0xc0150002)." with Nmap 4.65. A related change is that Nmap on
Windows is now compiled with /MD rather than /MT so that it
consistently uses these runtime libraries. The patch was created by
Rob Nicholls.
o Our WinPcap installer now starts the NPF driver running as a
service immediately upon installation and after restarts. You can
disable this with new checkboxes. This behavior is important for
Vista and Windows Server 2008 machines when User Account
Control (UAC) is enabled. [Rob Nicholls]
o Nmap and Nmap-Winpcap silent installation now works. Nmap can
be silently installed with the /S option to the installer.
If you install Nmap from the zip file, you can install just
Winpcap silently with the /S option to that
installer. [Rob Nicholls]
o Our WinPcap installer is now included with the Nmap Win32 zip
file. [Fyodor]
o Numerous miscellaneous improvements were made to our Win32
installer, such as using the "Modern" NSIS UI for WinPcap,
improving the option description labels, and showing a finish
page in all cases. [Rob Nicholls]
The necessary libraries (lib and dll) and headers required for compilation and
linking are in mswin32/OpenSSL. A detailed upgrade guide is available in
mswin32/OpenSSL/upgrade-guide.txt.
Thanks to Thomas Buchanan for doing the initial work and writing up the initial
build guide.
My openssl-testing branch has been posted on nmap-dev for 12 days and has been
tested by (at least) Thomas, Jah and I, with no reports of failure.
http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2008/q2/0249.html
line length) during Nmap windows build so that it looks much better
when presented by the Windows executable (NSIS) installer. Thanks
to Jah for the patch (which was modified slightly by Fyodor).
