Re: Strange NMAP 4.0 Behavior

From: Fabien Degouet (fdegouet@conthackto.com.mx)
Date: Mon Feb 20 2006 - 22:21:40 EST


HI,

If you want to run a ping (echo) scan then you should specify:
nmap -sP -PE 10.1.1.*

If you run :
nmap -PE 10.1.1.*
It's just like running the default option of nmap that is -sS
nmap -sS -PE 10.1.1.*

Hope this helps,

fabien

El Lunes 20 Febrero 2006 15:14, Derek Nash escribió:
> I was just noticing when running an ICMP Echo scan (-PE) in NMAP
> version 4.00 that it seems to be including a SYN scan on all Service
> ports (-sS -F) scan as part of this scan type. I have witnessed this
> on 2 separate installs and systems, I couldn't find documentation that
> states this is a new default behavior.
>
> Has anyone else witnessed this strange behavior? If this is a new
> default behavior does anyone know if this behavior is defeatable?
>
> This seems like a bug to me, but I thought I would post here prior to
> submitting a bug report.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Derek Nash
>
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