Re: Traceroute failure from SVN 15553 on OSX 10.5.8

[Tom Sellers <nmap () fadedcode net>]

David Fifield wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:08:22AM -0500, Chris Clements wrote:
> > Receiving a failure message when traceroute starts from the following  
> > command:
> >
> > nmap -Avv -T5 192.168.0.0/24 (FYI, all machines in this range are on  
> > local layer 2 subnet)
> >
> > Failure message:
> >
> > Initiating Traceroute at 11:07
> > Stats: 0:02:46 elapsed; 232 hosts completed (24 up), 24 undergoing  
> > Traceroute
> > Traceroute Timing: About 1.39% done; ETC: 11:07 (0:00:00 remaining)
> > Assertion failed: (current_ttl > 0), function next_ttl, file  
> > traceroute.cc, line 397.
> > Abort trap
>
> Thank you for this report. Does the attached patch fix the problem? It
> may be that OS detection is wrongly detecting a distance of 0 for one of
> the hosts (whichever follows 192.168.0.253). The traceroute should
> always start with a TTL of 1 at the minimum.
>
> David Fifield


David - The only host with a legitimate 0 value should be localhost right?

Chris - What is the IP the scanning machine?


Tom

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