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Date:      Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:44:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Moritz Hardt <root@morix.de>
To:        tomd@sacefcu.org
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: low security
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009052043470.665-100000@morix.morix.de>
In-Reply-To: <39B53A92.C2EABE59@sacefcu.org>

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thanks

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 tomd@sacefcu.org wrote:
> It has nothing to do with the ports you have open or closed.  It has
> everything to do with the tcp sequence predictability.

ok, that would just mean that nmap is pretty sure he found the os?

> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> Moritz Hardt wrote:
> 
> > hello,
> >
> > maybe i'm wrong here with this question, but when i scan my
> > freebsd-computer with nmap using the -O options, which guesses the os and
> > the security-level of the system, it says:
> >
> > ...
> > Difficulty=6312 (Worthy Challenge)
> >
> > That seems to be _really_ low. it confuses me, because i've shutdown most
> > ports, except for 23 and 25.
> >
> > what does that mean? what can i do?
> >
> > thanks in advance!
> >
> > - Moritz Hardt
> >
> >  ...Keep Lynx Alive!
> >
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