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Another potential solution to SuSe 9 IP checksum problem
From: Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:04:20 -0800
It appears from the message below that SuSe has fixed the kernel IP checksum problem that was causing Nmap to fail. Apparently upgrading to their 2.4.21-199 kernel resolves the issue. If upgrading kernels makes you nervous, you can alternatively still set HAVE_IP_IP_SUM in nbase/nbase_config.h in the source tree to zero after you run ./configure but before "make". But this approach will only fix the problem for Nmap and not other low-level packet tools. -Fyodor ----- Forwarded message from "John S. Gaythorpe" <jsg () metrocast net> ----- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:26:31 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 From: "John S. Gaythorpe" <jsg () metrocast net> To: <nessus () list nessus org> Subject: RE: Nessus and Suse 9.0 again... Thank you for the idea! I ran the update and the 2.4.21-199 kernel does fix the problem!
===== Original Message From "John S. Gaythorpe" <jsg () metrocast net> ===== Well I know nessus and Suse 9.0 aren't playing well together. I did get nmap 3.48 compiled and running with the recommended option (in NBASE: nbase_config.h define: HAVE_IP_IP_SUM 0) But nessus will not run (dead host thing.) Now I know it's a SUSE problem, but is there a workaround (like for NMAP?)
I had the same problem on SuSE 9.0. However, after upgrading the kernel to "2.4.21-199smp4G," Nessus is happy again. Note: I have an SMP machine, so that kernel may be compiled with different options for a single processor box. -C _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list Nessus () list nessus org http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list Nessus () list nessus org http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus ----- End forwarded message ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- For help using this (nmap-dev) mailing list, send a blank email to nmap-dev-help () insecure org . List archive: http://seclists.org
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