From ac7e4dbf3275461b04602569fa968563cea13c83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:17:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] note some finished tasks and add a new timing-related problem --- todo/nmap.txt | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/todo/nmap.txt b/todo/nmap.txt index 9a5a4cdad..616e5cdfe 100644 --- a/todo/nmap.txt +++ b/todo/nmap.txt @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ TODO $Id: TODO 11866 2009-01-24 23:10:05Z fyodor $ -*-text-*- -o Create CHANGELOG - -o Make stable release candidate branch - -o Make at least one more test release from the candidate branch - -o Write and send GSoC 2011 results email +o Deal with the issue of timeouts happening too soon due to global + congestion control in some cases. For example, if Nmap sends host + discovery probes to two hosts, and one comes back extremely quickly, + it can cause the global congestion control to use a very low timeout + and cause the 2nd host (which doesn't have any host-based congestion + control values yet) to timeout arguably too quickly. We should look + at potential algorithm changes to improve this. o Prepare release notes, web page, etc. @@ -721,6 +721,14 @@ o random tip database DONE: +o Create CHANGELOG + +o Make stable release candidate branch + +o Make at least one more test release from the candidate branch + +o Write and send GSoC 2011 results email + o Document the nsearg format changes made by Paulino (how you can preface an argument with a script to make it more specific, or make it general to apply to multiple scripts)