Re: how nmap can know my firewalled servers ?

["Arturas Zalenekas" <arturas () zalenekas net>]

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UDP has a timeout. If NMAP doesn't get a response (doesn't metter is it
UDP or ICMP protocol), it will mark the port as closed. That is a sort
descrition, how NMAP determins, if the UDP port is open or closed.
The time windows, how NMAP has to scan a specific protocol, can be set.
There is an default value for UDP protocol.
Actually, everything is described in the manuals, so why actually are you
asking !? The manual is more then self explaining.
If you don't understand these options or the use for these options, feel
free to ask, but first read the man pages please.

Kind regards,
Arturas Zalenekas
Network Security Engineer and Analyst


On Wed, April 12, 2006 20:26, Alice Bryson wrote:
> Yes, i agree that.
> How about UDP, if an udp port firewalled, how does NMAP know it?
>
> 2006/4/13, Nathaniel Hall <nathaniel.d.hall () gmail com>:
> > I am assuming you are using a DROP rule on your firewall.  NMAP knows
> > that if it does not receive a response for a TCP connection then it is
> > firewalled.  Dropping traffic at a firewall violates RFC and makes it
> > much easier to know when there is a firewall between the scanner and the
> > end host.  I recommend using REJECT
> >
> > -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-unreachable
> >
> > That will conform to RFC (I'm pretty sure) and will make it harder to
> > detect a firewall with NMAP.
> >
> > Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all !
> > >
> > > I know that "nmap" can show open ports. But nmap also shows my
> > > firewalled ports !
> > > How?
> > >
> > > Since some servers (like apache) are firewalled with iptables, how can
> > > nmap know wherever
> > > my system run the service with open port, filtered port or doesn't run
> > > it at all ?
> > --
> > Nathaniel Hall, GSEC GCFW GCIA
> >
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