Re: nmap bug? - ip proto 0xff in syn pckts on ADSL connection

[Richard Moore <rich () westpoint ltd uk>]

google wrote:
> BUT....  on  THE  SAME  MACHINE, I have also Ethernet card, and when I
> connect  through  it, NMAP works correctly, and packets are formed OK.
> OK,  so  the fault maybe is on the drivers side. But why (on ADSL) the
> CONNECT scan works, it has to send the same SYN packet first...?

The connect scan uses the operating system's connect call rather
than generating the packets itself as the SYN scan does.

Rich.


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