Re: Nmap Book: Weekend Adopt-A-Chapter program!

[eldraco <eldraco () gmail com>]

Hi everyone, I was reading Ch15 and i see this:

0- Description
Where it says "That table lists the port number and protocol, service name, 
and state" perhaps is better to say "That table lists the port number, 
protocol, service name, and state" without the first 'and'. I know it trys to 
reflect nmap output's columns, but it sounds better to me.

1- In "Example 15.1. A representative Nmap scan", nmap command is:
#nmap  -A -T4 scanme.nmap.org playground

In the output we can see that 'playground' resolves to 192.168.0.40. Perhaps 
is too silly, but i think is better to give fully functional examples in a 
book. Some people will be wondering what 'playground' is. Not because they 
don't know how to resolve a host name but because few people reads the entire 
output of commands in books.
Some people will even believe I wanted to scan 'scanme.nmap.org' 
and 'playground.nmap.org' and that nmap can realize this.

2- In "Example 15.1. A representative Nmap scan", 'scanme.nmap.org' resolves 
to 205.217.153.62, but actually it resolves to 64.13.134.52.
Perhaps we can update that example. I know this is silly, but Fyodor said he 
is short of time, so I'm attaching a recent scan.

3- In "Target Specification": the same problem "Given that the host 
scanme.nmap.org is at the IP address 205.217.153.62, the specification 
scanme.nmap.org/16 would scan the 65,536 IP addresses between 205.217.0.0 and 
205.217.255.255" 
Should be updated to: "Given that the host scanme.nmap.org is at the IP 
address 64.13.134.52, the specification scanme.nmap.org/16 would scan the 
65,536 IP addresses between 64.13.0.0 and 64.13.255.255"

4- In "Host Discovery" -> "-sP (Ping Scan)" it says "The -sP option sends an 
ICMP echo request and a TCP packet to port 80 by default" and i think is 
better to say "The -sP option sends an ICMP echo request and a TCP ACK packet 
to port 80 by default"

5- In "Host Discovery" -> "-PN (No ping)" it says "This option flag for this 
used to be P0 (uses zero)", and i think it should say: "This option flag used 
to be -P0 (uses zero)"


this is what i see just for now.

cheers

sebas


El Saturday 12 July 2008 21:46:39 Fyodor escribió:
> I didn't really get around to announcing it yet, but I posted more
> than half of the content of my upcoming Nmap book at
> http://nmap.org/book/toc.html .  I hope you enjoy it!  And I plan to
> release more free online chapters after the book is released.
>
> As for the release, I'm hoping I can release the book at Defcon on
> August 8!  The only problem is that is less than a month from now, and
> printing + shipping books is kinda slow.  So I need to finish the book
> text by Monday.
>
> Sorry for so little notice, but I'm looking for help with a final
> review of the book this weekend.  I can't just make quick & easy
> changes to book contents once they are printed like I can with web
> pages.  I'm trying to review it all myself, but I might not finish and
> I may also miss things.  And the open source mantra is that many eyes
> make all bugs shallow, after all!  Plus, weekends are a great time to
> curl up with a nice book about port scanning!  So this is a call for
> volunteers who want to do an in-depth review of a single chapter.  It
> is too late to do major restructuring, so the goal is to find typos,
> grammar problems, capitalization/spelling inconsistencies, and
> especially content issues (errors, out-of-date content, and small
> omissions).  Adding a few sentences or small paragraphs is OK.  For
> example, I caught a problem yesterday where the book was referencing
> the idle scan (-I) feature which no longer exists in Nmap.  So it
> helps if the reviewers have excellent English skills and are familiar
> with Nmap too.
>
> You can choose from any of the 9 chapters plus the preface available
> at:
>
> http://nmap.org/book/toc.html
>
> To claim a chapter, simply send an email to this list noting the
> chapter you want to claim.  That way everyone knows which ones have
> been claimed and can claim a different chapter for themselves.
> Claiming an already-claimed chapter is OK, since more eyes never hurt.
> But it is usually best to take an unclaimed one if there still is one
> remaining.
>
> Then just read the html chapter carefully and send a report to me or
> to the list by 10AM Pacific Standard Time (5PM UTC) on Monday
> detailing your suggested changes.  If you suggestions relate to adding
> content, try drafting the sentences or paragraphs rather than just
> making a vague recommendation.  Otherwise I don't always understand
> what you are asking for.
>
> There is still room in the acknowledgements section for people who
> help by finding many bugs which are fixed or suggestion useful
> improvements :).
>
> It is important that the Monday deadline be met, because I hope to
> freeze the book on Monday afternoon and then produce a cover based on
> the number of pages in the frozen book.  So I may be able to make typo
> fixes after that, but may not be able to make changes which affect the
> page count.
>
> If you get done with a report on one chapter early, feel free (and
> encouraged) to claim another one.
>
> So who wants to start by adopting a chapter?
>
> Cheers,
> -F
>
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