Re: 24-Hour Beta: Nmap 4.69BETA1

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 10:24:42PM +0100, Rob Nicholls wrote:
> Strange, mine seems to be behaving properly (first scan was using nmap's
> default range of ports and picked 113, second was only against port 80):

It picked 113 because 113 is a closed port, and closed ports are
"better" in Nmap's view than open ports because they don't have a risk
of SYN flooding.

David Fifield

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