Re: NMAP Issue with Ping

[Chip Panarchy <forumanarchy () gmail com>]

I remember having some fun with a Security system back in School

They'd block a specific application name from a specific path.

I simply renamed the application.

Not sure if this will work with NMap, but give it a go.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:26 AM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 09:18:03AM -0800, Louay Saleh wrote:
> > Dear David,
> >
> > Sorry for being late in replying. I was very busy.
> >
> > I tried the packet trace option and it showed that the four probes are
> > being used, but again I got the message that the host seems down! When
> > I disabled the firewall and tried the same command, the scan was able
> > to scan all the ports on the IP address and it seemed working fine.
> >
> > My firewall is BitDefender 2010.
> >
> > Do you have any clue of what is happening?
>
> Maybe the firewall has a built-in rule to allow packets from ping.exe?
> That's my best guess. Maybe there's a way to add a rule for nmap.exe.
>
> David Fifield
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