Re: mac addr lookups?

[White Cap <whitecap () dreams res cmu edu>]

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Fyodor wrote:

> This is not actually my reason for disapproval.  The reason I don't plan
> on adding this it is that it only works in the very specific case
> where:
>
> 1) You are using ethernet
> 2) Your target is using ethernet
> 3) You are on the *same* ethernet segment
>
> I don't think it is worth the code bloat or confusion to add such a
> special-case feature.  Plus you should generally be able to do an
> 'arp -a' after the scan and see what hardware address the target
> (or several targets) are using.

A compile time option maybe?  maybe force the user to define
WANT_ARP_CHECK?

And maybe another one for WANT_PROMISC_MODE_DETECTION?


whitecap