Penetration Testing: Re: Firewall Scan

[Guilherme Alves <arealufrj () gmail com>]

You should consider "-P0" to prevent ping before scan.
This can help with systems that block ping and mix up Nmap.


reference: [http://nmap.org/book/man-host-discovery.html]




On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:44 PM, IPv7 <listas.internet () gmail com> wrote:
> Hello Guys,
>
> I was doing a normal TCP Scan on port 5900, when I found a strange result:
>
> 1st I did a normal TCP scan with Nmap
>
> Onix:~# nmap -p 5900 x.x.x.x
>
> Starting Nmap 4.62 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-06-24 13:52 ART
> Interesting ports on x.x.x.x:
> PORT     STATE  SERVICE
> 5900/tcp closed vnc
>
> Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.361 seconds
>
> But.. if I use telnet/nc with this port, they can connect:
> Onix:~# telnet x.x.x.x 5900
> Trying x.x.x.x...
> Connected to x.x.x.x.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> RFB 003.003
>
> ^C
> What? I can connect..
> Ok, I will perform a more detailed scan:
>
> Onix:~# hping -S  -p 5900 x.x.x.x
> HPING 165.140.201.169 (eth1 x.x.x.x): S set, 40 headers + 0 data bytes
> len=46 ip=x.x.x.x ttl=56 id=16854 sport=5900 flags=RA seq=0 win=512 rtt=2.6 ms
> ^C
> --- x.x.x.x hping statistic ---
> 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 2.6/2.6/2.6 ms
>
> This host return an Reset/ACK, it should be ok if the port was closed,
> but I can connect with him.
>
> WINDOWS SCAN:
>
> Onix:~# nmap -sW -p 5900 x.x.x.x
>
> Starting Nmap 4.62 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-06-24 13:57 ART
> Interesting ports on x.x.x.x:
> PORT     STATE SERVICE
> 5900/tcp open  vnc
>
> Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.051 seconds
>
> Ok, I will look the TCP Windows:
> First I try to send a TCP Packet with WIN=1
>
> Onix:~# hping -S -w 1  -p 5900 x.x.x.x
> HPING 165.140.201.169 (eth1 x.x.x.x): S set, 40 headers + 0 data bytes
> len=46 ip=x.x.x.x ttl=56 id=23123 sport=5900 flags=RA seq=0 win=1 rtt=7.8 ms
> ^C
> --- x.x.x.x hping statistic ---
> 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 7.8/7.8/7.8 ms
>
> In the most cases, shouldn't this host respond with its suggestion of
> window's size??
>
> Then I sent the same with WIN=4096
>
> Onix:~# hping -S -w 4096  -p 5900 x.x.x.x
> HPING 165.140.201.169 (eth1 x.x.x.x): S set, 40 headers + 0 data bytes
> len=46 ip=x.x.x.x ttl=56 id=23123 sport=5900 flags=RA seq=0 win=1 rtt=7.8 ms
> ^C
> --- x.x.x.x hping statistic ---
> 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 7.8/7.8/7.8 ms
>
>
> I can't understad this!
> Some idea?
>
>
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