diff --git a/todo/nping.txt b/todo/nping.txt index 169399e42..dad29d70b 100644 --- a/todo/nping.txt +++ b/todo/nping.txt @@ -149,6 +149,22 @@ does the IP doesn't reverse resolve) is specified on the command line, should we use that version, or the official rDNS, if any? - Some more discussion on this topic on nmap-dev may be warranted. + +* From: David Lam , "Some general questions about + Nping/Ncat" + + In TCP traceroute mode, would it be possible to ask Nping to + stop once it gets an SYN-ACK response back from the destination host rather + than continuously hitting the host until the max TTL? + +* Make broadcast ping work. Currently the following command does not + show any captured packets: + nping 192.168.0.255 --dest-mac ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff -c 1 + The cause is probably the BPF filter, which only allows replies from + 192.168.0.255. + Also, look into official multicast addresses like 224.0.0.1. Can we + received replies to that probe? + * Do some performance testing. Fyodor: