Isn't PF your problem? Do you have it enabled? It might be blocking your network traffic, causing this behavior. Check your logs and /etc/pf.conf.
Nils -----Original Message----- From: eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: woensdag 14 september 2005 5:22 To: Karsten McMinn Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: [OT]: Vulnerability Scanning Frustrations (Or: if you run nessus, how do you make it run faster?) On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 17:09:19 -0700, Karsten McMinn proclaimed... > tweaking syntax to this using nmap 3.50 on 3.6 completed in 343 seconds: > nmap -P0 -T Insane -v -sT -p 1-65535 x.x.x.x (as root) > > It was definately slower using the same syntax on 3.7 though, I didn't > have time to see how long it was going to take. Here's what I've been seeing for a looong time... $ nmap -sS -p 1-65535 172.81.141.197 Starting nmap 3.81 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-09-13 22:20 CDT sendto in send_ip_packet: sendto(3, packet, 40, 0, 172.81.141.197, 16) => No route to host That host is on the same subnet as the scanning machine. ================================================================================================= A disclaimer applies to this email and any attachments. Refer to http://www.sparkholland.com/emaildisclaimer for the full text of this disclaimer.