Nmap Development: Re: Helping NMap Get Better OS Detection

["Alan S. Jones" <asj () ipa net>]

At 09:33 PM 4/8/2004 -0500, MadHat wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2004, at 8:24 PM, Alan S. Jones wrote:
> You can only report the MAC if it is on the local network.  If it has 
> to get past switches into another subnet, the MAC is not included.  The 
> only way I know around this is to use some protocols that report the 
> MAC, the main one being NetBIOS and the nbtstat packets on udp/137, but 
> without that there is little you can do to get the MAC from a distance.

This is actually what I was thinking, when available i.e. on a Local LAN
same subnet, etc NMap should report the MAC address.  If it can't figure it
out don't worry, but the default should report it if it can be obtained.

This would be helpful for local LAN diagnostics and getting all the info in
one place.



 
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Alan S. Jones
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