Bug 184286

Summary:	Misleading error message with IPv6 scan
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks>
Component:	nmap	Assignee:	Harald Hoyer <harald>
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Fixed In Version:	nmap-4.03-1	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Valdis Kletnieks 2006-03-07 20:37:54 UTC

Description of problem:
nmap issues a misleading error message with some IPv6 options

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
nmap-4.00-1.2

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.  nmap -sT -O -PI -PT -T4 -6 ::1
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Actual results:

# nmap -sT -O -PI -PT -T4 -6 ::1
Sorry -- IPv6 support is currently only available for connect() scan (-sT), ping
scan (-sP), and list scan (-sL).  Further support is under consideration.
QUITTING!

Expected results:
The error message shouldn't complain about -sT, which was specified, but
should instead say something about the -O option for operating system
fingerprinting, which isn't supported for IPv6....

Additional info:

Comment 1 Valdis Kletnieks 2006-03-07 22:21:49 UTC

Fyodor says it will be fixed in the next upstream release...

Comment 2 Karsten Hopp 2006-05-10 13:10:53 UTC

Updated packages are ony their way to the mirrors. The message wording has been
enhanced to say something about fingerprinting.