On 0, craigw <craigw@lvcm.com> wrote: > On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 11:41:30PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > > > > There is nmap which tries to guess the operating system plus some > > other things. If you are running those machines and want to found out > > how things are going, you might consider installing the snmp daemon on > > them and querying to from remote using the snmp tools. > > > > when I run nmap on any target outside of my little home network, even > with the default options, my internet connection is usually disrupted > rather quickly. The cable modem then needs to be reset. > > I don't know if it's messing up the modem or, what I assume, is that cox > cable is reacting to something they don't like that nmap is doing. > > any advice? I think nmap uses portmap, which is widely regarded as a good sign that you are attempting to compromise system security, isn't it? I know of a couple of ISPs that will disconnect you instantly if they see portmap packets on their router... Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "That you're not paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you." - Robert Waldner Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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