From f28c28af1034d9455195045f83007b6e1e38a07a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:01:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] include extra info about fragmentation --- docs/refguide.xml | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/refguide.xml b/docs/refguide.xml index c702832c9..64aa86c3f 100644 --- a/docs/refguide.xml +++ b/docs/refguide.xml @@ -2740,6 +2740,14 @@ lists the relevant options and describes what they do. OS is causing problems, try the option to bypass the IP layer and send raw ethernet frames. + +Fragmentation is only supported for Nmap's raw packet features, +which includes TCP and UDP port scans (except connect scan and FTP +bounce scan) and OS detection. Features such as version detection and +the Nmap Scripting Engine generally don't support fragmentation +because they rely on your host's TCP stack to communicate with target +services. +