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Am Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2004 15:16 schrieb mir Thomas T. Veldhouse: |
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> Oliver Schad wrote: |
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> > That's right. But no answer means there is somebody who doesn't |
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> > answer. Only if the last router before the target says "Hey, there is |
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> > nobody", then there is nobody (or there is an really intelligent guy, |
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> > that wants to hide his host). |
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> > |
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> > To hide a host is always very stupid, why should you do this? There |
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> > is no advantage. If you "hide" your computer an attacker knows there |
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> > is an stupid guy who doesn't know anything about network security. |
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> > |
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> > mfg |
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> > Oli |
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> One reason ... it slows down various scans. |
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Not really. And why should a network scan be dangerous? Security by |
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obscurity doesn't work. You can scan a well configured host all day long, |
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who cares? |
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mfg |
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Oli |
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