Re: ISS Internet Scanner Cannot be relied upon for conclusive

[casper () HOLLAND SUN COM (Casper Dik)]

> Consider another interesting case - there are several sendmail exploits
> (circa 8.6) which require hardware and platform-specific eggs.  We
> obviously would have a hard time actually implementing these, and it would
> be very difficult to make it reliable - so we do a banner check.

Why do you need an egg?  Just stuffing down too much data down
sendmail's throat will make it crash.  Connection closed - has bug.

Casper