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Nmap Hackers: Re: UDP port scanning...

Re: UDP port scanning...

From: antirez <antirez_at_invece.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:34:37 +0100

On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 10:23:42AM +1100, Darren Reed wrote:
> I must have written my original email in French - it seems like only 1 in
> 10 people (or therebaouts) actually understood what I wrote. Or maybe the
> 1:10 ratio reflects the number of script kiddies on this list ;-)
>
> Darren
>
> In some mail from Simple Nomad, sie said:
> >
> > Yes but if the firewall or router is simply dropping the packets (common
> > with filter-based rules) then all UDP ports will show up as open, when in
> > fact they are not.

I think that a 'script kiddies' work arround may be:
if nmap found all UDP ports open print 'Warning, seems that all UDP ports
are open, maybe that outgoing type 3 ICMP or ingoing UDP packets are
filtered, bla bla'.

antirez

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Received on Feb 10 2000
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