> > > Can anybody please brief me about Reverse shell? (When I am googling; > > it’s > > > confusing me instead to help.) > > > 1. What is reverse shell? > connecting in a reverse way than normal is called reverse shell. while installing trojan , server part will be installed on victims computer and client will be installed in cracker machine(Traditional Client Server way way ). in the above method if the client is behind nat or firewall its tough to make a connection. The client will open a port and listen for the connection from cracker. a simple netsat -n will reveal that and those connections can easily blocked by firewall and routers .
Lets Come to Reverse Shell. In this method server will be installed on cracker machine and client will be installed on the victim machine. once the the client installed it will try to communicate with the crackers machine server and opens an session. Reverse shell is less reliable than the traditional way but it will blasts away most of the firewall and NAT . Reverse shell is boon to crackers ;) > > 2. Is it mostly used for hacking rather pentest? > according to me if you only hack then only you are a penetration tester. > > > 3. how to identify / what are the precautions we need to take? (From > the > > > system administration perspective.) > Path and upgrade you application and OS . install an IDS . > > > Thanks. > > > > -- *Thank You Best Regards* *Yuvaraj L* _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
