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Re: NMAP and MAC Addresses
From: Jay Chandler <lists () sequestered net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:42:50 -0800
Allow me to point out a few things which you are unaware of, apparently. Sydie, Colin wrote:
Don't take it personal! You stated, "So - neither nmap nor any other tool will be able to give you the MAC address of a device outside your L2 broadcast domain." That's a bold statement to make considering it can be done. Here is the tool: http://www.youngzsoft.net/cc-get-mac-address/cmacsetup.exe
He is correct. The tool you linked works SPECIFICALLY by using Microsoft's NetBIOS technology, as previous posters have stated is possible using nmap's scripting engine. This ONLY works on hosts running a Microsoft operating system. Deriving a MAC address from a host outside of your subnet is not possible using TCP/IP. It's also technically possible to remote in using VNC and pull the MAC from the network properties, but THAT'S not going to be built into nmap or any other tool either!
If you don't know the answer, don't give BS responses.
Two points. 1. He's a CCIE, which is often referred to as "The doctorate of networking." 2. Given that he's emailing from a cisco.com email address, I'm willing to bet my paycheck against an ice cream cone that he knows more about this than you do; Cisco doesn't hire idiots. His response was completely accurate, whereas it's becoming increasingly apparent that you haven't got the foggiest idea what you're talking about-- which is fine. What's not fine is your disturbing propensity to be a raging jerk about it. You strike me as the kind of person who walks around the emergency room correcting the doctors on their diagnoses based on something you saw on an episode of House... -- Jay Chandler / KB1JWQ Living Legend / Systems Exorcist Today's Excuse: failed trials, system needs redesigning _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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- RE: NMAP and MAC Addresses Dario Ciccarone (dciccaro) (Feb 12)
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- RE: NMAP and MAC Addresses Dario Ciccarone (dciccaro) (Feb 12)
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- RE: NMAP and MAC Addresses Rob Nicholls (Feb 12)
- Re: NMAP and MAC Addresses Brandon Enright (Feb 12)
- RE: NMAP and MAC Addresses Dario Ciccarone (dciccaro) (Feb 12)