Hello, Maybe because you are running nmap from a windows box ? Have you tried a windows machine ? Michael. On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 00:08:36 +0000 Antony Stone <Antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 03 December 2003 11:58 pm, David F. Strauch wrote: > > > Yes, Antony this is the case. I have only one WinXP machine that I am > > testing with. I'm testing the external interface eth0 and I have unplugged > > eth1 from the hub. > > > > When I nmap -sT -p 25,110 -P0 xx.xx.xx.xx I get the following output form > > nmap: > > > > Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap ) > > Interesting ports on (67.153.34.147): > > Port State Service > > 25/tcp open smtp > > 110/tcp open pop-3 > > > > Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1 second > > Well, that just makes no sense to me. If nmap -sT reports a port open, then > a telnet to that port from the same machine as the nmap test was done should > present a welcome banner (for services which provide one, such as SMTP and > POP3). > > Maybe someone else here has a clue what strangeness is going on? > > Antony. > > -- > The first fifty percent of an engineering project takes ninety percent of the > time, and the remaining fifty percent takes another ninety percent of the > time. > > Please reply to the list; > please don't CC me. > > -- Michael Gale Network Administrator Utilitran Corporation