From ea2b9bc233a6d0d9f06d5ed560377b6c5a887f75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: david Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:29:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Small reference guide changes: illicit -> elicit, TTL_EXCCEDED -> Time Exceeded. --- docs/refguide.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/refguide.xml b/docs/refguide.xml index fe9310e7c..e15b088fb 100644 --- a/docs/refguide.xml +++ b/docs/refguide.xml @@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ Traceroutes are performed post-scan using information from the scan results to d -Traceroute works by sending packets with a low TTL (time-to-live) in an attempt to illicit ICMP TTL_EXCCEDED messages from intermediate hops between the scanner and the target host. Standard traceroute implementation start with a TTL of 1 and increment the TTL until the destination host is reached. Nmap's traceroute starts with a high TTL and then decrements the TTL until it reaches 0. Doing it backwards lets nmap employ clever caching algorithms to speed up traces over multiple hosts. On average nmap sends 5-10 fewer packets per host, depending on network conditions. If a single subnet is being scanned (i.e. 192.168.0.0/24) nmap may only have to send a single packet to most hosts. +Traceroute works by sending packets with a low TTL (time-to-live) in an attempt to elicit ICMP Time Exceeded messages from intermediate hops between the scanner and the target host. Standard traceroute implementation start with a TTL of 1 and increment the TTL until the destination host is reached. Nmap's traceroute starts with a high TTL and then decrements the TTL until it reaches 0. Doing it backwards lets nmap employ clever caching algorithms to speed up traces over multiple hosts. On average nmap sends 5-10 fewer packets per host, depending on network conditions. If a single subnet is being scanned (i.e. 192.168.0.0/24) nmap may only have to send a single packet to most hosts.