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Determining when something is NOT random


From: Lance Spitzner <lance () spitzner net>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:12:55 -0500 (CDT)

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Are there any tools/techniques to determining when something
is NOT random.

For example, I have a system that was hit with ICMP_ECHO 
packets from 47 systems within two hours.  Based on the
packets, I can determine that the same tool was used
to generate them.  What I want to determine is if the 47
source systems were randomly generated by the tool (as 
often done by Syn Flooding tools) or if the 47 systems 
involved were not randomly generated.  If the 47 Src systems 
were NOT randomly gerenerated, this may indicate that all 47
systems are actuall systems used in the 'attack'.

Any tool that can take a list of IP addresses and determine
if they are random or not?

Thanks!

Lance Spitzner
http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/papers.html


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