Re: OS fingerprint extraction quality -- solved in r11437

[Michael Head <mrhead () us ibm com>]

David wrote on 12/19/2008 05:17:49 PM:

> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:23:55PM -0500, Michael Head wrote:
> > I've been using nmap to collect information for internal asset
discovery
> > and verification processes. I'm using the OS detection, service scan,
and
> > full complement of service probes, and I'm finding that the quality of
OS
> > fingerprints achievable diminishes substantially when I scan more than
a
> > few hosts (from any of several Windows (XP, 2003) installations). When
I
> > scan each host individually with a single call to nmap, those same
target
> > systems return much improved fingerprints.
>
> Thanks to everyone who ran tests and sent in suggestions. Trent Snyder
> dug through a packet capture and found the cause of the problem. It's
> now fixed, so give it a try.

Awesome. I'll try out on Monday, and thanks for the details on the
problem/solution!

mike

> David Fifield

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