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Nmap Development: Re: Possible error message bug in nmap-4.11 on Gentoo

Re: Possible error message bug in nmap-4.11 on Gentoo

From: Diman Todorov <diman.todorov_at_chello.at>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:12:39 +0200

>
> Well, you *are* telling nmap to do a ping-scan (-sP) which doesn't use
> ports, but then you specify ports as well.
This is not correct.
from the nmap man page:
<snip>
               The -sP option sends an ICMP echo request and a TCP
packet to
               port 80 by default. When executed by an unprivileged
user, a SYN
               packet is sent (using a connect() call) to port 80 on the
</snip>

IMHO -sP should respect -p

cheers
Diman

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