I guess this would ultimately slow down the internet if too many of the things were out. It is bad enogh with all of the junk mail.
Thanks for all the input. Jon On 3/5/04 2:00 PM, "Max Andersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hanson, Jeffrey P (GEI, GEFA) wrote: > >> And what happens when the attacker spoofs someone else's address and makes it >> look like it's coming from, oh, I don't know, the FBI site or something? Now >> you're scanning the FBI. Probably not a good idea. >> >> >> > I don't think anyone would 'scan' with a false source address, since > they won't get any replies . > > DoS-attacks on the other hand......that's a different story :) > > might do an automatical reverse lookup, and if nothing returns, a scan > might be safe, otherwise just keep the logs for reference, retribution > and manual surveillance. > > Sincerely > Max > > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus > _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
