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[Fwd: Windows XP SP2 incompatible with Nmap]
From: James Davis <jamesd () jml net>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:30:19 +0100
Thought this might be informative for the members of this list not subscribed to the nmap-hackers mailing list.
Regards, James -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Windows XP SP2 incompatible with Nmap Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:31:23 -0700 From: Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> To: nmap-hackers () insecure org This is just a heads-up that most Nmap functionality will not work on the just-released Microsoft Windows SP2. Why? Microsoft apparently broke it on purpose! When an Nmap user asked MS why security tools such as Nmap broke, MS responded[1]: "We have removed support for TCP sends over RAW sockets in SP2. We surveyed applications and found the only apps using this on XP were people writing attack tools." I don't know why they consider Nmap an "attack tool", particularly when they recommend it on some of their own pages[2]. Shrug. Removing SP2 re-enables the functionality and causes Nmap to work again. Many problems unrelated to Nmap have been found with SP2 as well[3], though it does some welcome security improvements for people stuck on that platform. I will work on this if I get time, but am currently busy rewriting the core port scanning engine for the next version of Nmap. It is much faster, offers much better multiple-host parallelization, and provides other long-desired features such as completion time estimates. If someone finds a solution to this SP2 problem, please send a patch. It may not be too hard, as Nmap supports operating systems such as Win95 that didn't have raw socket support in the first place. Cheers, Fyodor [1] http://seclists.org/lists/nmap-dev/2004/Apr-Jun/0077.html [2] http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/security/tools.asp[3] http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=23905071
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