Why do we cling to security through obscurity??  *sigh*

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Why do we teach people how to be "script kiddies"??  *sigh*


On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 15:00, Carl Houseman wrote:
> Under "Ping the remote host", configure TCP Ping with the ports that are open to 
>hosts inside the firewall.
> 
> Carl
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> The default configuration for nessus fails against
> networks with firewalls that do not admit inbound
> pings.  We learned this last night.  
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> Is there a way around this?

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