Meeting topic - security test

[M. Osten]

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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Michael Osten
"I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter."
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