[lug] port in use

j davis davis_compz at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 26 21:26:04 MDT 2002


nmap does not need root to run, does for install. If you want to
do OS finger print you have to be root , otherwise anyone can use it.

jd


>From: Hugh Brown <hugh at vecna.com>
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> > On Wednesday 26 June 2002 09:02 am, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > > nmap doesn't come standard on RedHat (i.e. a default redhat install
> > > doesn't put it on, even though it is available), so I don't think I 
>can
> > > count on it being available on solaris, or any of it's proprietary
> > > friends.
> > >
> > > Good idea though.
> >
> > Doood, GCC is FREE!
>
>
>
>I am not in a position to make a whole lot of demands about what will be on
>the system (I can't count on nmap being there or that the admin of the box
>will be willing to install it)..  I will not have root on the system that 
>the script
>will be installed on, and I would like to make the integration work as easy
>as possible by using "default" tools wherever possible.
>
>Hugh
>
> >
> > And, from the Nmap home page "The primary focus of Nmap development is 
>on free
> > operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD). Solaris 
>is
> > also a first-tier supported platform[. . .]"
> > (http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nmap_portability.html)
> >
> > - -Peter
>
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thanks,
jd

jd at taproot.bz
http://www.taproot.bz

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