Warning message enhancement idea

[Chris Clements <cclements () flatearth net>]

Often times with slow links or comically overzealous scan tuning, nmap  
informs me that it is giving up on a particular port:

Warning:  Giving up on port early because of retransmission cap hit.

While getting this message is fantastic for knowing that I should  
adjust my timings, it would be much more useful if it included a bit  
more information, such as the particular host / port, as well as the  
retransmission cap for the scan (yes I should know this from my own  
command switches, but they might be out of my scroll buffer by the  
time the warning occurs).  I'm thinking this would help single out an  
unusually slow host or application if the rest of the systems were  
responding in a timely fashion.  Just an idea I had- thanks for such a  
great tool!


Chris Clements
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