Re: This loop can't be good

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 08:27:52PM -0400, Whit Blauvelt wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 03:19:44PM -0700, David Fifield wrote:
>
> > Don't run --script all. Some scripts run for hours or days in their
> > normal configuration.
> >
> > Delete your ~/.zenmap/scan_profile.usp file and Zenmap will recreate it.
> > The current "Slow comprehensive scan" profile is this:
> > nmap -sS -sU -T4 -A -v -PE -PS80,443 -PA3389 -PP -PU40125 -PY --source-port 53 --script "default or (discovery and 
> > safe)"
> >
> > Zenmap should update these profiles automatically. That is doesn't is a
> > known bug.
>
> Should I take it then that deleting ~/.zenmap/scan_profile.usp will result
> in a most-current, more-correct profile replacing it? This should be done
> just on updating versions, or more often?

You can do it whenever you upgrade. The only reason we don't do that
automatically is that the file is also where user-modified profiles are
stored, and we don't want to delete those.

David Fifield
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