Re: Interesting challenge

From: Clint Bodungen (clint@secureconsulting.com)
Date: Fri Jan 30 2004 - 13:19:51 EST


Is the simple firewall rejecting ICMP? Nessus and Retina won't continue
probing a node if you have the ICMP check (or ping host) flag set and it
doesn't get a response.

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From: "Sanjay K. Patel" <sanjay.patel@rexwire.com>
To: <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Interesting challenge

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> We are doing a pen test for a client and have run into a interesting
> situation. The client has a server running IIS and Exchange we can get to
it
> through a browser but when we try to run Nessus or Eeye Retina against it,
> neither product can find the server. The client is not running any IDS
> system has a simple firewall. A port scan revels no open port though port
80
> is open since the server is serving pages.
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> SKP
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