Re: nmap strangeness

2001-03-26 Thread Paul J Collins
> "VR" == Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: VR> Nate Amsden wrote: >> try portscanning as well as OS identification: >> >> nmap -O -p 1-512 XXX.XXX.XXX.0/24 VR> I'm curious, but isn't this redundant? OS identification VR> works by portscanning, or am I mis

Re: nmap strangeness

2001-03-25 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Nate Amsden wrote: > > Are there any other tools that reliably tell whether a machine is up or > > not? > > try portscanning as well as OS identification: > > nmap -O -p 1-512 XXX.XXX.XXX.0/24 I'm curious, but isn't this redundant? OS identification works by portscanning, or am I missing somet

Re: nmap strangeness

2001-03-25 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > [My problem -- snipped] Thanks to everybody who replied, I think I managed to get it working. Didn't catch two hosts, because they had changed their IPs, which I was unaware of. The other hosts show up now, too, but I don't really know why. Could be the upgrade to nma

RE: nmap strangeness

2001-03-25 Thread Carlos Laviola
On 24-Mar-2001 Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a problem. I am trying to portscan an entire network (Nope, I'm > not a script kiddie, I just have to find out what Linux boxen are > installed on the corporate network which I am supposed to administer), > and I use `nmap -O XXX.XX

Re: nmap strangeness

2001-03-24 Thread Nate Amsden
Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > > Hello list, > > I have a problem. I am trying to portscan an entire network (Nope, I'm > not a script kiddie, I just have to find out what Linux boxen are > installed on the corporate network which I am supposed to administer), > and I use `nmap -O XXX.XXX.XXX.0/24` a

nmap strangeness

2001-03-24 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hello list, I have a problem. I am trying to portscan an entire network (Nope, I'm not a script kiddie, I just have to find out what Linux boxen are installed on the corporate network which I am supposed to administer), and I use `nmap -O XXX.XXX.XXX.0/24` as root to find out the OS the boxen are