nmap testing UDP ports

From: Ray Westphal (westphal2002@charter.net)
Date: 03/21/03

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    From: westphal2002@charter.net (Ray Westphal)
    Date: 21 Mar 2003 08:45:50 -0800
    
    

    Hello Everyone.

    nmap 3.00 running on AIX 4.3.3

    I'm experimenting with nmap to test UDP ports on a server. If the
    ports are not open, we have an application problem and I must notify
    the application owners. We have been using SNMP to monitor the
    udp.udp.table objects. Here is normal output. The SNMP port 161 is
    obvious. The "app" ports are 1000 and 1001 and are just for an
    example.

    udp.udpTable.udpEntry.udpLocalPort.0.0.0.0.161 : INTEGER: 161
    udp.udpTable.udpEntry.udpLocalPort.aa.bb.cc.dd.10000 : INTEGER: 1000
    udp.udpTable.udpEntry.udpLocalPort.aa.bb.cc.dd.10001 : INTEGER: 1001

    Now here is the output when the application is shutdown:

    udp.udpTable.udpEntry.udpLocalPort.0.0.0.0.161 : INTEGER: 161

    In both cases nmap outputs the same thing. It appears the ports are
    still available. I use the following command (enX is the interface
    X=0-4);

    nmap -e enX -p 1000,1001 -P0 -sU -vv host

    Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
    Host host (aa.bb.cc.dd) appears to be up ... good.
    Initiating UDP Scan against host (aa.bb.cc.dd)
    The UDP Scan took 12 seconds to scan 2 ports.
    Adding open port 1001/udp
    Adding open port 1000/udp
    Interesting ports on host (aa.bb.cc.dd):
    Port State Service
    1000/udp open unknown
    1001/udp open unknown

    Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 12 seconds

    What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks in advance,
    Ray


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