--scan_delay weirdness (Increasing send delay from 3000 to 1000)

[Martin Mačok <martin.macok () underground cz>]

I have used --scan_delay 3000 to portscan and the target was dropping:

...
Starting nmap 3.70 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2004-09-23 14:13 CEST
Initiating SYN Stealth Scan against XXXXXX [77 ports] at 14:13
...
Discovered open port 80/tcp on XXXXX
Increasing send delay for XXXXXX from 3000 to 1000 due to 11 out of 17 dropped probes since last increase.

Note the last line - it is _increasing_ from 3000 to 1000, which is
probably wrong.

nmap-3.70 on Mandrake Linux 9.2

Martin Mačok
IT Security Consultant

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