S=F6nke, I think the point that was being made was that it's that 'bit more= ' protection. Script Kiddies who don't know a hell of a lot may be deterred= .. And at the end of the day, if you really want to hack something, there's = always a way.
-----Original Message----- From: =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?S=3DF6nke_Ruempler?=3D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 04/09/2002 15:40 Subject: [xmail] Re: greeting banner > Banners can be used by hackers to determine vulnerabilities on a system= .. > The ability to set the banner to "Go Away" or whatever allows the > administrator to protect their systems from prying eyes just a bit more= .. try nmap -P0 -sO <host> and you'll get the system type, too. If you reall= y want to hack a system and have the skills, you don't need an full feature= d smtp banner to get you information. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]= - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
