Re: port 0 scanning

[lamontg () HITL WASHINGTON EDU (Lamont Granquist)]

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As a followup to this, I've been informed by two people now[*] that Linux
boxes will respond to SYN|FIN with a SYN|FIN|ACK on an open port.
Therefore this probably indicates that the SYN|FIN packets were not only
an attempt to get past poorly designed firewalls, but probably an attempt
to ID the system being probed as a Linux box as well.

[*] Solar Designer and John McDonald

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Lamont Granquist <lamontg () hitl washington edu> (206)616-1469 fax:(206)543-5380
Human Interface Technology Lab.  University of Washington.  Seattle, WA
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