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compiling nmap

I’m setting up a new Linux machine, and while compiling nmap, I noticed the following fly by:

   (  )   /\   _                 (
    \ |  (  \ ( \.(               )                      _____
  \  \ \  `  `   ) \             (  ___                 / _   \
 (_`    \+   . x  ( .\            \/   \____-----------/ (o)   \_
- .-               \+  ;          (  O                           \____
                          )        \_____________  `              \  /
(__                +- .( -'.- <. - _  VVVVVVV VV V\                 \/
(_____            ._._: <_ - <- _  (--  _AAAAAAA__A_/                |
  .    /./.+-  . .- /  +--  - .     \______________//_              \_______
  (__ ' /x  / x _/ (                                  \___'          \     /
 , x / ( '  . / .  /                                      |           \   /
    /  /  _/ /    +                                      /              \/
   '  (__/                                             /                  \
             NMAP IS A POWERFUL TOOL -- USE CAREFULLY AND REPONSIBLY

Somehow, I’ve never noticed this before, but I love it. (Well, except for the misspelling of the word responsibly).

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2 Responses to “compiling nmap”

Fyodor Says:
June 27th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
You must be compiling an old version of Nmap for some reason? That typo was fixed in 2006:

r3743 | fyodor | 2006-08-01 19:09:18 -0700 (Tue, 01 Aug 2006) | 1 line

fixed typo in nmap ascii art, minor addition to service-probes
Angel one Says:
June 29th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Or, since it flew by quickly and was off my screen before I could really react to it (I was installing a bunch of packages on a new machine), I cheated by simply googling “nmap ascii art” and copying it from another website which was still around from 2006. I guess I should always make sure to check my sourced before impugning someone else’s spelling.