Re: Socket troubles: Too many open files

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 04:45:37PM -0400, starlight.2012q3 () binnacle cx wrote:
> Seems to me this might be a socket leak
> as each script run appears to never
> clean up the socket allocated for it.

Yes, I think this is likely and it's what I'm checking next.

> I'm also still wondering if --send-eth
> activity should not all occur on a single
> raw/packet socket with response traffic
> dispatched internally by 'nmap'.

--send-eth does not have an effect during the phases that use normal
operating system sockets like version detection and script scan. Raw
scans already use just one socket or Ethernet handle, as you suggest.

David Fifield
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