Re: [NSE] ntp-info probing logic?

[nnposter () users sourceforge net]

Daniel Miller wrote:
> While I'm not necessarily opposed to dropping the success check as you
> propose, I think there may be a better improvement, too. What results do
> you get if you apply this patch?
<snip>
> This changes the request from a version 4 to a version 2 packet, which may
> be more widely supported (version 3 appears to be the consensus, and each
> version is backwards-compatible with previous ones except for version 1).
>
> If this solves your issue, I'd be inclined to just limit the change to this
> for now. Though your idea does bring to mind the fact that most UDP NSE
> scripts do not attempt to retransmit packets, which means that network
> congestion could result in lost results.

Hello Dan,
Unfortunately these specific targets do not respond to NTPv2 client
requests either. They do respond to the control requests.

As far as I can tell they are Cisco 2911 routers but I know nothing
about their specific software version and/or configuration.


Cheers,
nnposter
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