Re: Suspect that --host-timeout is not working in 4.50?

[doug () hcsw org]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 07:05:19PM -0800 or thereabouts, Fyodor wrote:
> Yes, NSE (and all other parts of Nmap) need to enforce --host-timeout.
> The scripts themselves don't need to worry about it--Nmap itself
> should abandon probing a host when the timeout hits.  This doesn't
> seem to be working for NSE, and that is an important bug which needs
> to be fixed.

The attached patch seems to fix it for me. Can anybody confirm?
Oh, and the patch removes the minimum time check for the
--host-timeout option (but still gives a warning if it is
below 15 seconds). It is helpful for testing and I think
might also be good for the official version. Is there any
reason for it or is it just an arbitrary limit? I've never
liked limits. :)

Best,

Doug

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