Add: host discovery/alive detection for large IPv6 networks#1058
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@mattmundell thanks for the review ! |
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@jjnicola Approved, but I have too few permissions to merge |
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@bjoernricks Just so you're aware, in case this restriction was accidental. |
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Thanks a lot @mattmundell ! |
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@mattmundell no i don't think so. With #1066 you should be able to approve and merge PRs for gvm-libs too. |
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What
Add a new method to boreas for detecting alive host in an IPv6 network
Jira: SC-1574
Why
Currently, ICMPv6 is performed against every single host in a IPv6 block, building a host list from the network address/mask. This means that a huge list is never scan for IPv6 networks.
Whit this new method, the IPv6 all-address
ff02::1is used for finding hosts in the local networkReferences
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