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Re: ICMP (Ping)


From: Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 04:49:13 +0200

On 2003-09-05 Jay Woody wrote:
Not really, they will randomly scan and the RETURN to the ones that
replied and run a vuln scan against it.  If you didn't reply to begin
with then they won't be RETURNING.

Why would that be? Not replying is still telling them you're there.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers

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