Nmap Development: Solaris nmap-3.28: localhost bug?

[Andrew Sun <asres4 () comcast net>]

Hello nmap developers,

A bug(?) for your consideration.
Solaris 8 sparc.


# ./nmap 192.168.100.3

Starting nmap 3.28 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2003-06-19 20:49 EDT
pcap_open_live: /dev/lo0: No such file or directory
There are several possible reasons for this, depending on your operating 
system:
LINUX: If you are getting Socket type not supported, try modprobe 
af_packet or r
ecompile your kernel with SOCK_PACKET enabled.
*BSD:  If you are getting device not configured, you need to recompile 
your kern
el with Berkeley Packet Filter support.  If you are getting No such file 
or dire
ctory, try creating the device (eg cd /dev; MAKEDEV <device>; or use mknod).
SOLARIS:  If you are trying to scan localhost and getting '/dev/lo0: No 
such fil
e or directory', complain to Sun.  I don't think Solaris can support 
advanced lo
calhost scans.  You can probably use "-P0 -sT localhost" though.


QUITTING!
#


The target address 192.168.100.3 is bound to the
local ethernet interface (le0). This address is not
associated with the lo0 loopback interface.
Scan results could differ for 192.168.100.3 (le0) verses 127.0.0.1 (lo0)
since applications could choose to bind to differing
local interfaces/addresses. So the distinction would be important.

Sorry, no patch available yet.


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