Re: NMAP Bug?

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 04:13:04PM -0400, Jender, Raymond [USA] wrote:
> Configuration: NMAP 5.21 on Windows XP
>
> Target: Remote RHEL 5
>
> The RHEL 5 under test is a VMware VM (ESX) and
> I am connected to it via Cisco VPN.
> I can ping the remote box.
>
> When I run NMAP, I get:
>
> Starting Nmap 5.21 ( Nmap<http://nmap.org/>- Free Security Scanner For Network Exploration & Security 
> Audits.<http://nmap.org/> ) at 2010-10-19 14:04 Eastern Daylight Time
>
> NSE: Loaded 36 scripts for scanning.
>
> nexthost: Failed to determine dst MAC address for target xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> QUITTING!

Maybe try the workaround described here?
http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2008/q1/81
I don't understand what might be causing the problem but I'd appreciate
if you let us know if it works.

> I can perform TCP scans with a program called Advanced Port Scanner
> and it detects open ports.

Run with the --unprivileged option as a workaround to use only non-raw
scan modes.

David Fifield
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