Re: nmap

["Michael Kitange" <michaelkitange () gmail com>]

i am using linksys wireless network. it appears that i can't scan any
host. i used to use another isp but it just got too expensive. any
idea how i can bypass the filter on linksys?

On 7/30/08, jdm <jdmancuso () gmail com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> FWIW my first thought is that the host(s) are using LaBrea -- do your
> scans take a long time to complete?  I know that Nessus has a plugin
> to scan for LaBrea tarpitted hosts, it may be worth looking into:
> http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=10796
>
> Other than that, sounds like the site may be filtering traffic via a
> firewall or proxy; this is a common practice.  Are you running any
> kind of firewall and IDS evasion measures?  Try using the --ttl, -f,
> -T, and --scan-delay options.
>
> HTH,
> jdm
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Michael Kitange
> <michaelkitange () gmail com> wrote:
> > hi,
> > i tried to nmap a site and it said that the pings are blocked and i
> > had to use the '-PN' switch. well the result which i got was that all
> > the posts were open. though if i telnet to those posts, they appear to
> > be closed.
> > can that be done? fooling that all ports are open on the server if it
> > can be, then how?
> >
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