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Re: Banner Grabbing

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Subject: Re: Banner Grabbing
From: "Jamie Riden" <jamie.riden@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:16:34 +1300
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On 22/12/06, Michael J Condon <mjc001@jjuno.com> wrote:
What steps can be used to prevent "OS Banner Grabbing" by the client? Also,
what is the best method or "attack" to get to a banner on MS and non MS
Operating Systems?

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Banner grabbing: 'telnet victim.example.com <port>' will often get you
a banner. My favourite is 'nmap -sV victim.example.com' which will do
all the work for you.

To prevent banner grabbing, you can alter or hide banners for various
services, but since many exploits are automated and a lot of people
launch attacks blindly, I don't see this as a must-do item. There are
other ways of identifying services other than reading the welcome
banner, and it won't help you if your service is actually vulnerable.

cheers,
Jamie
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Jamie Riden, CISSP / jamesr@europe.com / jamie.riden@gmail.com
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