From: Altheide, Cory B. (IARC) (AltheideC@nv.doe.gov)
Date: Mon Aug 30 2004 - 19:01:45 EDT
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> From: sol seclists [mailto:ramatkal@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 2:01 PM
> To: Ben Timby; pen-test@securityfocus.com
> Subject: Re: All tcp ports open?
>
>
> A script which does exactly what you desrcibe is mentioned in the book
> "hacking: the art of exploitation" by jon erickson only on a
> linux machine.
>
> the basic idea is something like:
>
> use tcpdump to monitor all incoming SYN packets not destined
> for any listening service and then use a packet generation
> tool (such as nemsis) to generate a packet with a seq#+1 and
> the SYN and ACK flags set.
Are you saying that the specific script that implements this will only work
on a Linux machine, or are you saying that the idea described is only
applicable on a Linux machine?
FWIW, the idea should work on pretty much any machine capable of sniffing
and spoofing, ie, everything but XP SP2.
-- Cory
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