Re: [NSE][patch] targets-sniffer: sniff IPv6 addresses, fix newtargets for -6

[Patrik Karlsson <patrik () cqure net>]

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Daniel Miller <bonsaiviking () gmail com>wrote:

> On 03/09/2012 11:49 AM, Daniel Miller wrote:
>
> > List,
> >
> > Here's a patch to add IPv6 address sniffing to targets-sniffer. The major
> > difference is changing the BPF from "ip" to "ip or ip6". I had to add a
> > couple checks for NDP multicast addresses to check_if_valid, and I may have
> > missed some other invalid IPv6 addresses.
> >
> >  Attaching updated patch. I was correct in thinking I missed some
> addresses: All IPv6 addresses starting with 'FF' are multicast, so I now
> test for that instead.
>
> Dan
>
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I just tested this patch and have some trouble on OS X. I'm going to post
the problem in a new thread, but essentially I can't scan IPv6 addresses as
root. So, if someone else could try this patch, that would be great.

Thanks,
Patrik
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