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Re: ip-geolocation-maxmind error
From: Patrik Karlsson <patrik () cqure net>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:18:14 +0200
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Christopher Clements < christopher.a.clements () gmail com> wrote:
Received this error during a script scan today (sanitized): NSE: 'ip-geolocation-maxmind' (thread: 0x306b330) against xx.xx.xx.xx threw an error! ...cal/bin/../share/nmap/scripts/ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse:405: Cannot open Maxmind database file stack traceback: [C]: in function 'assert' ...cal/bin/../share/nmap/scripts/ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse:405: in function 'new' ...cal/bin/../share/nmap/scripts/ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse:597: in function <...cal/bin/../share/nmap/scripts/ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse:586> (...tail calls...) _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/
Hi Christopher, This occurs due to the script not being able to open the MaxMind database, which has to be downloaded separately. I guess the error message could be re-worked to be more informative and include what's already in the script description. Cheers, //Patrik -- Patrik Karlsson http://www.cqure.net http://twitter.com/nevdull77 _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/
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- ip-geolocation-maxmind error Christopher Clements (Aug 30)
- Re: ip-geolocation-maxmind error Patrik Karlsson (Aug 30)