Boy those hackers are clever! ;-) I never would have thought of that, but of course it's really pretty obvious. Because of the way the PORT command works, you can cause your FTP server to port scan a target! And that's not all you can do.
Thanks for the link and all your other advice. Regarding the original question, I strongly suspect that the answer may be at one of these two links at Cisco: PIX Performance Issues Caused by IDENT Protocol. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/110/2.html Poor or Intermittent FTP/HTTP Performance Through a PIX. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/110/21.html Priscilla Daniel Cotts wrote: > > Good explanation! Here's another reference that might be useful: > pad > pad > http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/ftp_port_attacks.html > > > > So, I wrote a white paper on FTP (finally, I've been meaning > > to do this for > > a while.) It is available from this page: > > > > http://www.troubleshootingnetworks.com/resources.html > > > > Hope it helps! > > > > Priscilla > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48512&t=48357 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
