Penetration Testing: Re: Nikto open ports

[Alberto Corsín Lafuente <alberto () corsin org>]

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Maybe some kind of directive such as apache's MaxSpareServers,  or  
whatever in the webserver config?
El 07/11/2006, a las 12:13, noa () imperva com escribió:

> Hi,
>
> I used nikto to test a specific open port on a server. I ran the  
> exact same test mutliple consecutive times, starting the next test  
> immediately after the current one ended.
> I saw that after a few tests, nikto replied that there was no HTTP  
> port on that server...
> A closer look revealed that the previous nikto test left the ports  
> open so I'm guessing that the server stops responding because of  
> too many open ports.
> Has anyone encountered this behavior? Do you know whether nikto  
> does not in fact properly close all connections?
> Thank you,
> Noa
>
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