I agree, Nmap should print and explain a warning when
using those options.
--- "Crenshaw, Adrian D" <adrian_at_ius.edu> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm working on part two of my Nmap video
> tutorial (I call it
> Nmap 2: Port Scan Boogaloo) and wanted to ask a
> question. What all flags
> cause problems that make stealth/obscuring features
> less effective? For
> example:
>
>
>
> If you use an idle scan (-sI), but don't use -P0,
> the true scanning IP
> will be given away because of the ping.
>
>
>
> Another example would be if you did an idle scan
> with version and OS
> detection turned on (-sV -O or just -A), while the
> port scan may seem to
> come from the zombie, the version/OS detect stuff
> will appear to come
> from the true scanners IP.
>
>
>
> I also image that the use of decoys could also be
> invalidated based on
> which IPs the scanned host was able to establish
> three way hand shakes
> with during the scans (if version or OS detection
> was requested).
>
>
>
> Any others I should mention?
>
>
>
> Adrian
>
> http://www.irongeek.com <http://www.irongeek.com/>
>
>
>
>
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