On 03/09/2004 10:36 AM Alex wrote:
Lots of scripts out there for little script kiddies to run simply look at banners of different services to determine their worth in attempting to run an exploit against to gain access. By changing banners it helps to remove a good chunk of exploits that are out there. It also promotes laziness amongst system admin's ... :)
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, James Agnew wrote:I just like to reduce as much as possible the amount of information that a server gives out. Letting oppotunist crackers, who run a 1 minute nessus scan, know the version and type of the webserver, should IMO be avoided if possible. Sure, it won't put-off the determined cracker, but it might force some to move onto easier prey.
Anyway, back to the matter in hand - do you know how one might go about this?
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