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Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets
From: Kris Katterjohn <katterjohn () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:42:35 -0600
Richard van den Berg wrote:
I am scanning a fairly large network using -sS and I have some hosts respond to nmap's SYN packet with only an ACK. I know this is a strange way to behave for a host. Has anyone ever seens this before? It seems intermittent because when I scan the host a second time, all is good. Even when I craft the exact same packets using hping2, the host will responds with SYN ACK (as it should). The thing is, nmap 4.20 never reacts to these ACK packet. The port shows up as filtered, and is not used to send TCP probes to either. I am not sure what "state" nmap should give to such a port. Maybe open|filtered ?
Hi Do you pick up a SYN from the hosts as well? The RFC says it should go like this: A -> B (SYN sequence number X) A <- B (ACK sequence number X) A <- B (SYN sequence number Y) A -> B (ACK sequence number Y) But, the middle two can get combined as a SYN/ACK packet, hence the three-way handshake. If you get a SYN as well, then this will start to make a little more sense, but should(?) still be wrong. What OS's are these hosts running? Is it the same on all of them? Thanks, Kris Katterjohn
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- Nmap does not notice ACK packets Richard van den Berg (Feb 03)
- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Kris Katterjohn (Feb 03)
- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Richard van den Berg (Feb 04)
- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Kris Katterjohn (Feb 04)
- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Richard van den Berg (Feb 04)
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- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Mark Boltz (Feb 05)
- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Kris Katterjohn (Feb 05)
- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Hans Nilsson (Feb 06)
- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Kris Katterjohn (Feb 05)
- Re: Nmap does not notice ACK packets Kris Katterjohn (Feb 03)