On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> 1) Are there other sites that offer more thorough tests?
Your best bet is to try scanners and tools like nmap, Nessus, and the like.
These are the tools the bad guys use, and they are the cutting edge.
> 2) After finishing the scan, Gibson's site displays a note claiming he has
> discovered a way to test all 65536 ports nearly instantaneously. Any
> ideas what that is all about?
Gibson claims to have "discovered" and "invented" a lot of things he hasn't.
His continued dubious and unjustified claims are what has put him in bad light
in the security community. He is not stupid, and his tools actually do valid
things, they just aren't the breakthroughs he claims they are.
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