Re: SATAN's Footprint?

Goran Svensson (goran@btj.se)
Tue, 28 Mar 1995 09:06:53 +0200 (DFT)

On Wed, 29 Mar 1995, Andrew PRUSEK wrote:

> Hello
> 
> Anyone got hold of SATAN yet?

Yes, beta testers. No, others not yet. Yes, I *am* holding my breath 
waiting :-)

> 
> Anyone know what to expect if your site is being probed
> by SATAN?
> 
> Apart from the expected port scanning, sendmail, telnet,
> tftp, finger, rpc setup, r-commands, yp, nfs and dns being
> rattled is there anything else that one should look
> out for?

This is a very interesting idea. Having SATAN (and ISS and Tiger et al) 
having some kind of signature built it. Thus enabling a sysadm knowing 
what tools are used to attack.

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