Meeting topic - security test

Mike Coleman mkc at kc.net
Fri Mar 24 09:27:17 CST 2000


"M. Osten" <mosten at topekafoundry.com> writes:
> my 2 cents on this issue, if your too dumb to figure out what services
> your running, and how they are configured, no webpage scanner is going to
> help you fix your problem.

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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