Re: RFC: Should Nmap resolve and scan all addresses by default?

nnposter <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nmap.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/8/17 3:54 PM, Daniel Miller wrote:
> A: Scan all resolved addresses by default.
> Example: nmap example.com <http://example.com>
> Result: scans 5 IP addresses for example.com <http://example.com>
> To preserve current behavior: nmap --resolveone example.com
> <http://example.com>
> 
> B: Scan only the first resolved address by default (current behavior)
> Example: nmap --resolveall example.com <http://example.com>
> Result: scans 5 IP addresses for example.com <http://example.com>
> Otherwise no change to current behavior.

The ability to go after all associated IP addresses in a simple fashion
is highly useful. That said, this expansion should be IMHO requested
explicitly. Option B would be my strong preference.

Cheers,
nnposter
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