On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 03:50:52PM -0500, Adam Mazza wrote:
> > You mean 'Nmap tcp connect scan' or just 'Nmap' + the 'connect' option in the
> > 'prefs' panel ? (these are two different plugins)
>
> Actually. I was wondering, is there a difference between the 'Nmap tcp
> connect scan' and just using the nmap configuration option that actually
> calls the nmap binary?
Yes. the 'nmap tcp connect' plugin is a stripped-down version of nmap,
which uses far less memory (~300kb vs 8Mb), which is good if you want to
test more than ten hosts at the same time (or more than
YOUR_AMOUNT_OF_RAM/8 hosts at the same time actually :). It's also
completely un-affected by the preferences set for nmap ('Prefs' panel).
-- Renaud
