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RE: Ncat proxy authentication
From: "Thomas Buchanan" <TBuchanan () thecompassgrp net>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:40:58 -0500
-----Original Message----- From: nmap-dev-bounces () insecure org [mailto:nmap-dev-bounces () insecure org] On Behalf Of Thomas Buchanan Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 2:09 PM To: David Fifield Cc: nmap-dev () insecure org Subject: Re: Ncat proxy authentication
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doesn't seem to run correctly. I get the following error on the
server
side as soon as a connection is made to it, and the program exits: $ ./ncat.exe -vvv -l --proxy-type http --proxy-auth user:pass 8080 Ncat version 4.85BETA7 ( http://nmap.org/ncat ) Listening on 0.0.0.0:8080 fork: No error
Answering my own emails now, sorry. Reading through the source code a bit reveals why this occurs:
From ncat/sys_wrap.c lines 67-74:
... /* We should get to a point where Fork() is never called on Windows, * or we come up with some solution to fake fork(), but until then * we'll just die if fork() is attempted here. */ ret = -1; #endif if(ret < 0) die("fork"); ... So, since ncat_proxy.c uses a simple forking HTTP proxy design, it seems obvious that this won't work on Windows, at least for now. So, back to my Linux box for this feature for the time being. Thanks, Thomas _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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- Ncat proxy authentication David Fifield (Apr 06)
- Re: Ncat proxy authentication Thomas Buchanan (Apr 09)
- Re: Ncat proxy authentication David Fifield (Apr 09)
- Re: Ncat proxy authentication Thomas Buchanan (Apr 09)
- RE: Ncat proxy authentication Thomas Buchanan (Apr 09)
- Re: Ncat proxy authentication Duarte Silva (Apr 09)
- Re: Ncat proxy authentication Duarte Silva (Apr 09)
- Re: Ncat proxy authentication David Fifield (Apr 09)
- Re: Ncat proxy authentication Thomas Buchanan (Apr 09)