Re: Nmap probes per port

[MadHat <madhat () unspecific com>]

On Mar 18, 2004, at 10:12 AM, Tirath Rai wrote:
> All
>
> I'm trying to reduce the number of probes sent per port for
> TCP and UDP scans.
>
> I've searched the source code and strace'd Nmap. I thought
> perhaps someone else here had done it already?
>
> Nmap-3.50 sends approx 16 TCP SYNs for a filtered port.
> My aim is to reduce the time taken to do a full port scan
> and by sending less probes per port be slightly more
> stealthy. Ideally I'd like one probe per port sent, I know
> this may affect the reliability of the results.

What command line options are you using?


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