From fbddca278e660e59fa6828342ddd43e7ab074824 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: david Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:40:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] TODO about Mac raw scans. --- todo/nmap.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/todo/nmap.txt b/todo/nmap.txt index 4bf8c7cf2..f23a38773 100644 --- a/todo/nmap.txt +++ b/todo/nmap.txt @@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ o [UPDATER] Release to community, probably starting with a small test o Fix "BOGUS! Can't parse supposed IP packet" in packet trace of IPv6 packets. +o Raw scans from Mac OS X seems not to retrieve the MAC address or do + ARP ping, except when scanning the router on an interface. For + example, scanning 192.168.0.1-5 sends ARP pings to 192.168.0.1, but + the normal four-probe combination to the other addresses. The "MAC + address:" line appears in the output for .1 but not for the others. + o To avoid Nmap memory usage bloat, find a way for NSE scripts to store information about a host which expires after Nmap is done scanning that host (e.g. when the hostgroup containing that host is