Re: linux pen-test

[Chris Benedict <chrisb () daemonnews org>]

okrehel () loews com wrote:
> Bruno,
>
> Tried to get application versions of these services and see if they have
> any security flaws reported in the past.
> Use "nc" or "telnet" to service, grab banners. 

My 2 cents:
That is not always accurate though, the admin can easily modify a few 
lines of code and change the version number or anything else the 
banner displays.

SMTP maybe can list users,
> port 80 could have
> a web server with cgi or some application running bugs, run nikto or others
> CGI scanners.
> Maybe you can upload some code into the web server.  Be creative.
> Maybe 110 pop3 can give you some info about users, perhaps you can brute
> force some accounts there, etc...
>
> Ondrej Krehel

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