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From: Christoph Gysin <cgysin@×××.ch>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Finding other machines on the network
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:07:34
Message-Id: 4314D63F.7030303@gmx.ch
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Finding other machines on the network by John Jolet
1 John Jolet wrote:
2 > yeah, if it's got a firewall disallowing icmp responses. then you can do nmap
3 > -P0 to find it. ping would never find it. It's gotta have SOME port open.
4
5 As far as I've read his post, there's no firewall involved. So why should he do portscans in all
6 hosts on the subnet?
7
8 > Also, nmap can do os fingerprinting and probably show you which one is the
9 > solaris or sunos machine...
10
11 Sure, but that's not what he's looking for...
12
13 Christoph
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15 echo mailto: NOSPAM !#$.'<*>'|sed 's. ..'|tr "<*> !#:2" org@fr33z3
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Finding other machines on the network John Jolet <john@×××××.net>