John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: google: ping of death. (Win only) google: nmap scans crash http://lists.insecure.org/lists/nmap-hackers/2000/Jan-Mar/0065.html
>From NMAP man page http://www.insecure.org/nmap/data/nmap_manpage.html " mission critical systems unless you are prepared to suffer downtime. We acknowledge here that Nmap may crash your systems or networks and we disclaim all liability for any damage or problems Nmap could cause." NESSUS has some similiar disclaimers and has specific options for running potentially problematic scan/attacks. crashing some routers: http://lists.insecure.org/lists/isn/2000/Jun/0159.html Some of this is OLD to be sure but the possibility naturally exists thus the need to disclaim liability. > Scott Harney wrote: > ... >> * I'm not sure why John is concerned about the site requiring >> indemnification for doing these scans. That's completely expected >> as scans have been known to crash systems in the past. > > ??? > > I didn't know that! When you say systems, do you mean many systems or > just the ones issuing from the evil maw of Redmond? > > I've scanned a few boxes in my time ;) and I've never crashed any of > them. This is news to me. URLs? > > John Hebert > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all." gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5
