Npcap: Suspending Windows interrupts network
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Description
Reported here: https://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2019/q1/89
On a Windows 10 laptop with VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.6, Npcap is running on the host OS but not on the Windows 10 VM. User suspends the VM, then hibernates the laptop. On wakeup, the VM has no network access until Npcap is uninstalled. Host OS is not affected.
Reported as affecting 0.99-r8 through 0.992.
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Research direction
Start with the linked Nmap developer report and reproduce the Windows 10 sequence: suspend the VMware VM, hibernate the laptop, then wake it. Trace Npcap's behavior after wakeup and determine why the VM loses network access while the host is unaffected. Done means the VM regains network access without uninstalling Npcap.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100