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RE: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up.
From: "Dario Ciccarone (dciccaro)" <dciccaro () cisco com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:07:46 -0400
Yeah, for what is worth, I kind of agree with this approach. And even if someone came up with the full details (topology, packet captures, device versions, etc) - would it make at all sense to add a bunch of code to detect a corner case? Yes - if Fyodor is shooting for perfection this week. Not, if it is some weird combination of OS/load balancer/firewall/NAT/router/etc it is probably going to be seen in the wilde once in a blue moon :) Dario
-----Original Message----- From: Fyodor [mailto:fyodor () insecure org] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 3:50 AM To: Brandon Enright Cc: kx; nmap-dev () insecure org; Dario Ciccarone (dciccaro); Swapnali Subject: Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 07:10:33AM +0000, Brandon Enright wrote:I haven't given it more than 2 seconds of thought, but we could try something TCP SYNCOOKIE inspired for our ICMP ECHO requests.Hi Brandon. The response already has enough information (e.g. ICMP sequence and ID numbers) for us to recognize it. But I think in most cases where we get a response from a different IP than the target we sent to, it is because the target host forwarded the request (e.g. subnet-directed broadcast) to other machines, and one or more of them answered. In that case, for us to mark the target as up would be a false postive. For us to change that behavior and mark the host as up, I would want some evidence that actual online hosts responding with the wrong IP is a normal occurence. Cheers, -F
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- Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Swapnali (Oct 22)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. DePriest, Jason R. (Oct 22)
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- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Swapnali (Oct 25)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Fyodor (Oct 25)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Kris Katterjohn (Oct 25)
- RE: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Dario Ciccarone (dciccaro) (Oct 25)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. kx (Oct 25)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Brandon Enright (Oct 26)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Fyodor (Oct 26)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Swapnali (Oct 26)
- RE: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Dario Ciccarone (dciccaro) (Oct 26)
- RE: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Dario Ciccarone (dciccaro) (Oct 26)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Fyodor (Oct 25)
- Re: Nmap says Host down when actually host is up. Kris Katterjohn (Oct 26)