Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:16:29 -0600 From: "M. Osten" <mosten@topekafoundry.com> Subject: Re: kclug - Meeting topic - security test Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003241103490.3952-100000@positive.parod.com>
I'm not saying that you *shouldn't* portscan your own
machine, you should. What I am saying is that tools such as "Saint" and
the proposed portscan-o-rama of a webpage do not really help anyone with
the understanding of what's going on with their box.
> Your assumption that the ports actually being listened to match the ones
> configured is not necessarily valid. Part of the point of doing external
> scanning is to catch rogue listeners that have hidden themselves from your
> view.
>
> --Mike
>
>
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