It theoretically show if you were vulnerable to a certain flaw in a kernel. Kernel upgrades usually mean reboots.
It could also be a good profiler of targets with good uptime. Good uptime = good target, since I'd want a stable platform to launch attacks from, anytime. - James > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Pittman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stopping people finding out uptime? > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Charlie Grosvenor wrote: > > If I port scan my machine nmap finds out how long my machine has been > > on for, How can I stop people outside my network from finding this > > information out? > > Other people have told you how to disable this. This is about a > different issue: > > It makes absolutely no difference to their ability to do anything to > your machine. Knowing that it has been up for a couple of hours or a > couple of years makes no real difference to the ability to attack it. > > So, why did you want to disable this? > > Daniel > > -- > I have great faith in fools -- self-confidence my friends call it. > -- Edgar Allan Poe > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
