Re: Nmap 4.23RC3 released

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 08:35:32PM -0600, Alan Jones wrote:
> I am not sure why some reports of Vista errors are different then
> others.... I am running Vista Ultimate (fully patched)... don't know if
> that would make a difference.
>
> I uninstalled the old WinPcap, installed WinPcap 4.1 beta2 and things
> worked much better, but there were still some errors or odd reporting,
> not sure what it means... "_ifcombo_name: Mapping unknown interface type
> 131 to "net"." However after several of those it works...
>
> As a side note I am surprised Nmap did not report a little better OS
> info at scanning scanme.insecure.org.
>
> Below are the full results of my Nmap scan, errors and all.
>
> Starting Nmap 4.23RC3 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-11-28 20:23
> Central Standard Time
> _ifcombo_name: Mapping unknown interface type 131 to "net".
>
> _ifcombo_name: Mapping unknown interface type 131 to "net".
>
> _ifcombo_name: Mapping unknown interface type 131 to "net".
>
> _ifcombo_name: Mapping unknown interface type 131 to "net".

Hi Alan. This is a message to help us debug Nmap on wireless interfaces
on Vista. 131 is IF_TYPE_TUNNEL. Wireless Vista users are additionally
reporting 71, IF_TYPE_IEEE80211 and in one case 1, IF_TYPE_OTHER.

What does "nmap --iflist" display?

David Fifield

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