RE: [cobalt-users] PortSentry works !

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jan Tietze
>
> I respectfully disagree. Portscans can be very useful tools.
> If you are receiving Stacheldraht packets from a specific
> host, for instance, it may be appropriate to do a portscan of
> the offending host to find out whether it has unsual ports open
> (like, for instance, a root shell bound to some arbitrary TCP
> port, or SSH daemons listening on high ports, or whatnot), in
> which case you should take immediate action to notify the
> administrators of that host.

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Point *very* well taken. I spoke too quickly, and while my point on
analogies is valid, the other was most certainly not; thank you for the
correction. I'm going to have to find myself a portscanner, even if for
use on my own hosts...

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>