Re: what did I miss this time?

["R M" <rmtechnet () gmail com>]

yes, that changes everything!. Now it works (with the --data-length option)

thanks.

On 8/29/06, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 10:21:36AM -0400, R M wrote:
> > I finally got a chance to test this with FreeBSD (nmap 4.01)
> >
> > and guess what, it doesn't work for this one host. Regular ping works.
> >
> > so I am forced to assume this host is able to differentiate between a
> > normal ping and an nmap echo request ping.
>
> As Omar noted, most OS-provided ping utilities send some data with the
> ping packets.  If you add "--data-length 32" or "--data-length 64" to
> your Nmap command, does that change anything?
>
> Cheers,
> -F

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