Can anybody explain this? I don't know about the 'nc' command or what it's doing in this instance. Can you walk through what it will be finding and how to interpret it?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:07:19 -0500 >From: Adam Melancon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: > Webhosting,suggestions?) >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >Ditto! I'm going to lodge this tip in the back corner of my brain. >I'm definatly having a "gee, I wonder why I didn't think of that" >moment. ; ) > >On 5/4/05, Christian Tortorich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>It could be scanning systems for backdoors.... if it is using any type >>of >>plain text protocol, you can let it connect using netcat and see what it >> >>sends: >> >>nc -l -p 37830 > junk.txt >> >>After a successful connect, nc will exit, then you may have some clues >>in >>junk.txt. >> >>ray >>-- >>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >>Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org >>Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University >>IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support >>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >> >> > > > >
