Re: strange, strange stuff

[Erik <erik () SUBLEVO COM>]

I just nmap'ed my machine several times(about 10) and didn't get any
error messages like that, so I doubt its a case of Harry meets Harry...

Hugo van der Kooij wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Max Gribov wrote:
>
>
> > I did my weekly sweep of my machine, which involves portscans, log
> > reviews, etc, and during nmap'ing i came across this:
> >
> > four consequtive nmaps below:
> >
> > --------------------------------
> > Starting nmap V. 2.54BETA7 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
> > Strange read error from 127.0.0.1 (104): Operation now in progress
> > Strange read error from 127.0.0.1 (104): Operation now in progress
> > Strange read error from 127.0.0.1 (104): Operation now in progress
> > Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1):
> > (The 65494 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
> > Port       State       Service
> > 22/tcp     open        ssh
> > 113/tcp    open        auth
> > 1918/tcp   open        unknown
> > 2643/tcp   open        unknown
> > 4986/tcp   open        unknown
> > 6000/tcp   open        X11
>
>
> .....
>
> Why would someone use nmap to a local machine. I guess `lsof` and `netstat
> -na` would be more reliable.
>
> You have a typical case where Harry meets Harry. You are seeing your own
> port scan and a clear demonstration why nmap to a localhost is not the
> best thing to do. (It is quite likely you caused a temporal distortion in
> the time/space continum while doing so.)
>
> Hugo.
>
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Erik
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