I was reading this and thinking 'I am pretty sure nmap already does this', and as the first reply confirms, it does:

http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2011/q1/768

all these leaked emails just remind me why I left the netsec industry so long ago

Just reading this email and knowing these types of people I already know how this came about:

1. random surfing on the web and finds out about LFSR

2. thinks 'this would be awesome for a port scanner'

3. sends email with 'lets do something like nmap but better and faster using this thing i just read about on reddit'

4. 'i done my bit, GO TEAM!'

5. add 'software architect' to email signature