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Re: Fix for WinPcap 3.1


From: Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:21:25 -0800

On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 12:08:08PM +0100, Gisle Vanem wrote:
With the new WinPcap 3.1 beta, nmap has stopped working.
This is really the fault of the 'Italian mob' since the adapter names are now
returned as ASCII even under Win-NT+. Here's an easy patch:

Thanks for noting the problem and sending a patch!  I don't know much
about WinPcap adapter naming, but your patch appears to retain
backward compatibility so that previous versions of WinPcap will still
work with Nmap.  So unless anyone objects to this patch, I will
apply it for the next version of Nmap.

Cheers,
-F

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