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Re: How NAT reacts on table flood ?
From: Martin Mačok <martin.macok () underground cz>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:36:42 +0200
On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 06:52:19PM +0000, Bob Middaugh wrote:
Use FreeBSD. I've scanned aggressively with several nmap processes running, with no problem at all....and that box also does stateful packet inspection.
Nmap is not a good tool for stressing a NAT router since it is not very aggressive. It actually tries to be as much polite to the infrastructure as possible... (closing half-open connections, limiting parallelness, slowing down when drops are detected etc.) Martin Mačok ICT Security Consultant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Concerned about Web Application Security? Why not go with the #1 solution - Cenzic, the only one to win the Analyst's Choice Award from eWeek. As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/news_events/wpappsec.php And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- How NAT reacts on table flood ? Norbert François (Jul 11)
- Re: How NAT reacts on table flood ? Lynx (Jul 11)
- Re: How NAT reacts on table flood ? Robert E. Lee (Jul 11)
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- Re: How NAT reacts on table flood ? Bob Middaugh (Jul 11)
- Re: How NAT reacts on table flood ? Bob Middaugh (Jul 11)
- Re: How NAT reacts on table flood ? Ralph Forsythe (Jul 11)
- Re: How NAT reacts on table flood ? Martin Mačok (Jul 13)