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Re: Re: Scans for telnetd on DNS servers.


From: kmuskrat () gmail com
Date: 13 Mar 2006 06:05:16 -0000

Why write off a port 23 scan as an attempt to actually scan 22?  There are reasons to scan 23 as well.  It wouldn't 
surprise me to see a script kiddie looking for an unpatched machine by scanning for an old service.  People who still 
run telnetd probably still run a vulnerable version.


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