Re: nmap queries

lesley@holmheltzz.demoan.co.uk wrote:

> I've yet to check my firewall logs, but i am curious. I had hoped the
> that running nmap -v -v xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx from my local machine would go
> out and look at me from the outside, but it's obviously not doing so.
> I'm lucky that i have a trusted remote machine i can nmap from to
> compare the results.

This is a property of the IP stack: if the address that is requested is
bound to a local interface, then the packets are routed through local
loopback interface (lo).

-Timo

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Timo Voipio <oh_hami@hotmail.com> writes:

> lesley@holmheltzz.demoan.co.uk wrote:
>
> > I've yet to check my firewall logs, but i am curious. I had hoped
> > the that running nmap -v -v xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx from my local machine
> > would go out and look at me from the outside, but it's obviously not
> > doing so
> This is a property of the IP stack: if the address that is requested
> is bound to a local interface, then the packets are routed through
> local loopback interface (lo).
>

Many thanks Timo

I am currently assuming the fact that my Xserver is running with a
-auth argument means I have an authentication server also running
locally. Would anyone either reassure me this is correct or
disabuse me of such foolish ideas?

Lesley

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