diff --git a/todo/nmap.txt b/todo/nmap.txt index c3aa1eb5a..5b501afb3 100644 --- a/todo/nmap.txt +++ b/todo/nmap.txt @@ -1,22 +1,5 @@ TODO $Id: TODO 11866 2009-01-24 23:10:05Z fyodor $ -*-text-*- -o Deal with the issue of timeouts happening too soon due to global - congestion control in some cases. For example, if Nmap sends host - discovery probes to two hosts, and one comes back extremely quickly, - it can cause the global congestion control to use a very low timeout - and cause the 2nd host (which doesn't have any host-based congestion - control values yet) to timeout arguably too quickly. We should look - at potential algorithm changes to improve this. - David: I think I was wrong about the cause of this. Even when - replies come back very quickly, the timeout is by default limited - to 100000 microseconds, much higher than the straightforward - calculation would give. What I think is really happening is that - select is not working reliably on this platform (Solaris 10 x86). - In the loop in read_arp_reply_pcap, pcap_select returns 1, then a - pcap_next is done. Then pcap_select returns 0, but if I insert - another pcap_next after that, the pcap_next finds another packet - without blocking (the first time, anyway; after that it blocks). - o Prepare release notes, web page, etc. o Do private beta release @@ -33,15 +16,20 @@ o Scans from Mac OS X tend to use raw IP packets rather than ethernet to Apple's own routing table code discovered by Patrik suggests that the Dnet code may be incorrect. +o Zenmap no longer ads the installed module directory to its module + search path because some distributors first install in a world + writeable directory (like /tmp) and then put those files into their + packages which they distribute to users. But this change can lead + to Zenmap not working for users who install in nonsystem areas like + their home directory (e.g. --prefix /home/fyodor) unless they have + their PYTHONPATH set to find them. We should implement a solution, + such as making sure Zenmap catches the missing modules error and + suggest that the user set their PYTHONPATH or something. + o We should probably remove the intl.dll mv command from zenmap/install_scripts/windows/copy_and_compile.bat for the reasons described at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2012/q1/430. -o Our targets-ipv6-multicast-slaac.nse should probably send the router - advertisements with low priority to reduce the chances of any - negative impacts on clients, if we're not doing that already. See - http://lists.si6networks.com/pipermail/ipv6hackers/2012-March/000503.html. - o [NSE] host.os should not just be a list of strings which can contain human-readible strings and/or CPE info. It should probably be list of host.os tables which can contain: @@ -753,6 +741,29 @@ o random tip database DONE: +o Our targets-ipv6-multicast-slaac.nse should probably send the router + advertisements with low priority to reduce the chances of any + negative impacts on clients, if we're not doing that already. See + http://lists.si6networks.com/pipermail/ipv6hackers/2012-March/000503.html. + - Actually, I think we already do this. Marking as done. + +o Deal with the issue of timeouts happening too soon due to global + congestion control in some cases. For example, if Nmap sends host + discovery probes to two hosts, and one comes back extremely quickly, + it can cause the global congestion control to use a very low timeout + and cause the 2nd host (which doesn't have any host-based congestion + control values yet) to timeout arguably too quickly. We should look + at potential algorithm changes to improve this. + David: I think I was wrong about the cause of this. Even when + replies come back very quickly, the timeout is by default limited + to 100000 microseconds, much higher than the straightforward + calculation would give. What I think is really happening is that + select is not working reliably on this platform (Solaris 10 x86). + In the loop in read_arp_reply_pcap, pcap_select returns 1, then a + pcap_next is done. Then pcap_select returns 0, but if I insert + another pcap_next after that, the pcap_next finds another packet + without blocking (the first time, anyway; after that it blocks). + o Create CHANGELOG o Make stable release candidate branch