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gnome-nettool package

gnome-nettools port scan gives different results every time it is run

Bug #257042 reported by cariboo
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GNOME Nettool
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gnome-nettool (Ubuntu)
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Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

When running the port scan tool I get different results every time I run it on localhost.

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cariboo (cariboo) wrote :
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

thanks for the report, does netstat show you the same info?

Changed in gnome-nettool:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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cariboo (cariboo) wrote :

No it doesn't, it seems to find random ports that are not open. I just tried it again and ports
40940 and 50530 showed up this time with niether of the ports showing up in netstat

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

confirmed, tried the same with nmap and get the right results with gnome-nettool the latest ports are random, will forward upstream thanks.

Changed in gnome-nettool:
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

I've sent this upstream at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547598 ; thanks for reporting.

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Changed in gnome-nettool:
status: Unknown → New
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Changed in gnome-nettool:
status: New → Confirmed
Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)
summary: - Intrepid: gnome-nettools port scan gives different results every time it
- is run
+ gnome-nettools port scan gives different results every time it is run
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Changed in gnome-nettool:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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Changed in gnome-nettool:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Matt Fischer (mfisch) wrote :

This was fixed in the latest upstream and so fixed in revision 3.1.1-0ubuntu2 after the new version was pulled.

Changed in gnome-nettool (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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