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Nmap Development: Re: NMAP VxWorks Issue?

Re: NMAP VxWorks Issue?

From: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt_at_charite.de>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:23:07 +0100

* Hans Nilsson <hasse_gg_at_ftml.net>:
> Well either way, if a couple of Nmap scans can crash a system there's
> obviously something wrong with it.

Yes, I fail to see why nmap should be at fault. It's like "fuzz"
testing (http://home.pacbell.net/s-max/scott/bulletproof-penguin.html):

You throw crap at some (program|system) and if it crashes, you found a
bug (in the program/system, not in the crap :) ) 

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