From 2b9ca52cf6e0bc8502ce861e3b26e1fce376681c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lum <> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:11:43 +0000 Subject: Expand the CAVEAT section to more fully describe the behaviour of the -uz combination. This diff stems from a diff by brynet@ sent to tech@ help from jmc@ regarding wording. --- src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1 | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1 b/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1 index d249aa18b1..75d1437580 100644 --- a/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1 +++ b/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: nc.1,v 1.59 2011/10/04 08:34:34 fgsch Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: nc.1,v 1.60 2012/02/07 12:11:43 lum Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 David Sacerdote .\" All rights reserved. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: October 4 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 7 2012 $ .Dt NC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -449,8 +449,15 @@ Original implementation by *Hobbit* Rewritten with IPv6 support by .An Eric Jackson Aq ericj@monkey.org . .Sh CAVEATS -UDP port scans will always succeed -(i.e. report the port as open), -rendering the +UDP port scans using the .Fl uz -combination of flags relatively useless. +combination of flags will always report success irrespective of +the target machine's state. +However, +in conjunction with a traffic sniffer either on the target machine +or an intermediary device, +the +.Fl uz +combination could be useful for communications diagnostics. +Note that the amount of UDP traffic generated may be limited either +due to hardware resources and/or configuration settings. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb