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Subject: Re: DOS on inetd w/ nmap
From: Roelof Temmingh (roelofSENSEPOST.COM)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2000 - 04:40:02 CDT


> Nmap is about 4 times faster, as it turns out, for doing port scans, but it
> has this nasty side-effect. It also seems to be sending data, as it not
> only crashes inetd on IRIX, but it also crashes some service called
> 'sgi_fam' with an enormous amount of data.

nmap -h:
--cut---
  -T <Paranoid|Sneaky|Polite|Normal|Aggressive|Insane> General timing policy
--cut---

wont this help? Am I missing the point?

Regards,
Roelof.

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