diff --git a/docs/nmap.1 b/docs/nmap.1 index 2e32e7fef..a24d5e578 100644 --- a/docs/nmap.1 +++ b/docs/nmap.1 @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ '\" t .\" Title: nmap .\" Author: [see the "Author" section] -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 -.\" Date: 04/13/2010 +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.3 +.\" Date: 05/17/2010 .\" Manual: Nmap Reference Guide .\" Source: Nmap .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "NMAP" "1" "04/13/2010" "Nmap" "Nmap Reference Guide" +.TH "NMAP" "1" "05/17/2010" "Nmap" "Nmap Reference Guide" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -1321,10 +1321,11 @@ Techniques for improving scan times include omitting non\-critical tests, and up .PP Some options accept a time -parameter\&. This is specified in milliseconds by default, though you can append \(oqs\(cq, \(oqm\(cq, or \(oqh\(cq to the value to specify seconds, minutes, or hours\&. So the +parameter\&. This is specified in seconds by default, though you can append \(oqms\(cq, \(oqs\(cq, \(oqm\(cq, or \(oqh\(cq to the value to specify milliseconds, seconds, minutes, or hours\&. So the \fB\-\-host\-timeout\fR arguments -900000, +900000ms, +900, 900s, and 15m all do the same thing\&. @@ -1372,9 +1373,7 @@ and \fB\-\-initial\-rtt\-timeout\fR than the defaults can cut scan times significantly\&. This is particularly true for pingless (\fB\-Pn\fR) scans, and those against heavily filtered networks\&. Don\'t get too aggressive though\&. The scan can end up taking longer if you specify such a low value that many probes are timing out and retransmitting while the response is in transit\&. .sp -If all the hosts are on a local network, 100 milliseconds is a reasonable aggressive -\fB\-\-max\-rtt\-timeout\fR -value\&. If routing is involved, ping a host on the network first with the ICMP ping utility, or with a custom packet crafter such as +If all the hosts are on a local network, 100 milliseconds (\fB\-\-max\-rtt\-timeout 100ms\fR) is a reasonable aggressive value\&. If routing is involved, ping a host on the network first with the ICMP ping utility, or with a custom packet crafter such as \fBhping2\fR.\" hping2 that is more likely to get through a firewall\&. Look at the maximum round trip time out of ten packets or so\&. You might want to double that for the \fB\-\-initial\-rtt\-timeout\fR @@ -1551,11 +1550,11 @@ are similar but they only wait 15 seconds and 0\&.4 seconds, respectively, betwe is Nmap\'s default behavior, which includes parallelization\&..\" normal (-T3) timing template \fB\-T4\fR does the equivalent of -\fB\-\-max\-rtt\-timeout 1250 \-\-initial\-rtt\-timeout 500 \-\-max\-retries 6\fR +\fB\-\-max\-rtt\-timeout 1250ms \-\-initial\-rtt\-timeout 500ms \-\-max\-retries 6\fR and sets the maximum TCP scan delay to 10 milliseconds\&. \fBT5\fR does the equivalent of -\fB\-\-max\-rtt\-timeout 300 \-\-min\-rtt\-timeout 50 \-\-initial\-rtt\-timeout 250 \-\-max\-retries 2 \-\-host\-timeout 15m\fR +\fB\-\-max\-rtt\-timeout 300ms \-\-min\-rtt\-timeout 50ms \-\-initial\-rtt\-timeout 250ms \-\-max\-retries 2 \-\-host\-timeout 15m\fR as well as setting the maximum TCP scan delay to 5\ \&ms\&. .RE .\"