probe for unspecified port

["testic" <testic () testic demon co uk>]

> Why is this command
>  nmap.exe -v -sS -p21 -O pcgv2

> sending a ping and probes to port 80 and 21?
> I didn't specify port 80. What did I miss?

I would imagine that Nmaps default behaviour is to "TCP ping" a host before
scanning to determine whether or not the host is up. If you dont want this
behaviour use the -P0 switch to not ping at all.

testic

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