Helping NMap Get Better OS Detection

["Alan S. Jones" <asj () ipa net>]

I should qualify based on the previous comment, a "report back all" type
parameter for an IP address might be a nice parameter to gather detailed
info and get hardware/os signatures on equipment.

I don't think nmap was reporting MAC addresses and I figured it could do
that also.



> Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:23:53 -0500
> To: nmap-dev () insecure org
> From: "Alan S. Jones" <asj () ipa net>
> Subject: Helping NMap Get Better OS Detection
>
>
> I was wondering does in NMap have a scan setting that says tell me all
> about this device from the perspective that if we captured that data we
> could send it in to be included in future NMap releases?
>
> For example today I had Nmap scan our Sharp copier/printer and it reported
> it as an Okidata printer.  So a future version could say Sharp or Okidata
etc?
> I have often wondered though as the scanning process gets better if you had
> two boxes like two printers that normally might be reported as the same if
> in the future they could be reported as being different if we could get
> enough details into NMap's database.
>
> On a side note will we see a final binary of NMap 3.51 etc anytime soon?
>
> Keep up the good work.
>
> Alan

 
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Alan S. Jones
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