"Dean Michael C. Berris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you look at it that way, I can ssh also to sourceforge -- since I > have projects already up there. But if you think about it, they are > really restricted shell access which only allows you to do very limited > things. > > Of course, this is because they keep security in mind. And if what you > want to do is something malicious like say, OWN another box using that > shell account, then it would be harder if not impossible using the shell > accounts in these free ssh servers. :D
Indeed. Anyway it's a stupid move to rely on (free) shell accounts providing nnmapping. A truly determined attacker would use services from a credible or unassuming sources, maybe even going so far as hacking the dns servers, but of course that's getting ahead of me. :D If all you want is port scanning, there are free online tools offering that. http://linux-sec.net is one example. -- ZAK B. ELEP --- Outside of home _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
