On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 12:02:25AM +0000, Adrian P wrote: > * Exploring the UNKNOWN: Scanning the Internet via SNMP! * > http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/exploring-the-unknown-scanning-the-internet-via-snmp/ > > Hacking is not only about coming up with interesting solutions to > problems, but also about exploring the unknown. It was this drive for > knowledge philosophy that lead to surveying a significant sample of > the Internet which allowed us to make some VERY interesting > observations and get an idea of the current state of _remote SNMP > hacking_. > > * Why SNMP? * > > 2.5 million random IP addresses were surveyed via SNMP. Why SNMP you > might be asking? Well, there are several reasons. First of all SNMP is > a UDP-based protocol which allows us to perform scanning at a much > shorter time than via TCP-based protocols. Another advantage of This is not true. I doubt there is any measurable advantage of UDP vs. TCP scans if you do it right. 2.5 million addresses can be done in a very short coffee break.
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