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Date:      Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:38:49 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Matthew T. Lager" <freebsd@trinetworks.com>
To:        "Volker Eckert" <volkere@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nmap and networking device
Message-ID:  <2386.24.25.209.32.1101584329.squirrel@24.25.209.32>
In-Reply-To: <20041127164046.GB1412@conde.cs.tu-berlin.de>
References:  <20041127164046.GB1412@conde.cs.tu-berlin.de>

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Yes, you must enable the device "bpf" in the kernel before using nmap.
This also goes for things such as tcpdump, DHCPd, etc...

Matt Lager

> did i get this right: in order to use nmap i need to enable
> packet filtering because otherwise i would not have any device
> node for nmap to use?
>
> any hints appreciated, thanks
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