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RE: Retina scans caused broadcast storms
From: "Evans, Arian" <Arian.Evans () fishnetsecurity com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:55:07 -0600
-----Original Message----- From: dale ball [mailto:dale_ball () yahoo com] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:34 PM To: pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: Retina scans caused broadcast storms Has anyone ever caused a full blown broadcast storm by using the Retina Security Scanner.
No, but it is possible with any scanner, depending on what you are scanning and what port scanning options/ranges you have set in Retina (or Nessus or Foundscan or whatever). Some older network gear and *nixes will respond pretty happily to everyone with a bit of probing. Also, if you have fed Retina windows auth credentials and told it to do full log-on NTLM scans, and you also have speed set to '5', you are 100% guaranteed to see a performance impact on systems. Slower workstations may see a significant performance impact in application responsiveness and network connectivity. This can be avoided by using a less aggressive configuration. Retina pretty much does what you tell it to. HtH Arian Evans Sr. Security Engineer FishNet Security KC Office: 816.421.6611 Direct: 816.701.2045 Toll Free: 888.732.9406 Fax: 816.474.0394 http://www.fishnetsecurity.com The information transmitted in this e-mail is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any interception, review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited by law and may subject them to criminal or civil liability. If you received this communication in error, please contact us immediately at 816.421.6611, and delete the communication from any computer or network system.
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- Retina scans caused broadcast storms dale ball (Nov 24)
- RE: Retina scans caused broadcast storms Rob Shein (Nov 27)
- Re: Retina scans caused broadcast storms DokFLeed (Nov 27)
- RE: Retina scans caused broadcast storms Ben Nagy (Nov 27)
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- RE: Retina scans caused broadcast storms Steven Trewick (Nov 27)
- RE: Retina scans caused broadcast storms Piskovatskov, Alexey (Nov 27)
- RE: Retina scans caused broadcast storms Evans, Arian (Nov 27)
- Re: Retina scans caused broadcast storms Fabrice Aubry (Nov 27)
- Re: Retina scans caused broadcast storms no name (Nov 27)
- Re: Retina scans caused broadcast storms William Allsopp (Nov 27)