From 6cdce4d008b5e7018323208a0eb8cb8bd5e04d95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:15:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add a leaked nsock pcap descriptor issue which shows up in nping and probably nmap --- todo/nmap.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/todo/nmap.txt b/todo/nmap.txt index 3616d04d9..3ac53ff45 100644 --- a/todo/nmap.txt +++ b/todo/nmap.txt @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ o [Zenmap] Consider a memory usage audit. This thread includes a claim hosts/services functionality seemed to work, although it would take a minute or so to switch from say "ftp" port to view "ssh" ports. +o Consider implementing a nsock_pcap_close() function or making + nsp_delete() call pcap_close() when pcap IODs are used. Currently valgrind + warns about a socket descriptor left opened (at least in Nping). + See http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2010/q3/305. + o [Web] We should see if we can easily put the Insecure chrome around Apache directory listings and 404 pages (e.g. http://nmap.org/dist/ and http://nmap.org/404). I think we may have had this working