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RE: Service Identification
From: Meidinger Chris <chris.meidinger () badenit de>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:28:39 +0100
Small tip: nmap version 3.40 or newer has an option -sV, which is service verification. It will fire a lot of different packets at the port trying to get a bead on what is behind it. Did you try that? Chris Meidinger -----Original Message----- From: Beaty, Bryan [mailto:Bryan.Beaty () vector com] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:21 PM To: pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: Service Identification I port scanned a box I am working on. I know the box is some form of Linux. I see that port 23,25 and 53 are open. I can identify 53 as DNS. Both NMAP and AMAP identify it as DNS. Port 23 and 25 are open but cannot be identified by AMAP or NMAP. When I telnet <ip> 23 or 25 I get a blank screen. If I type I just get blank spaces or underscore symbols on the screen. Does this mean the telnet and SMTP server have crashed? Could it be that someone has installed some other service on these ports? How do you identify services that respond like this? Seems like I run into this from time to time but I never have learned how to deal with it. Any ideas what to do at this point? I do not have physical access to the box. Thanks, Bryan Beaty --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Service Identification Beaty, Bryan (Dec 07)
- Re: Service Identification Omar Prunera Dols (Dec 08)
- Re: Service Identification Martin MaÄok (Dec 08)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Service Identification Meidinger Chris (Dec 08)
- RE: Service Identification MARTIN M. Bénoni (Dec 08)
- RE: Service Identification Beaty, Bryan (Dec 08)
- RE: Service Identification R. DuFresne (Dec 09)
- RE: Service Identification J. Oquendo (Dec 08)