Re: SHELLCODE Attacks

[Matt Kettler <mkettler () evi-inc com>]

At 05:16 PM 12/5/2003,  Jeff wrote:
> The reasons for excluding webserver ports are that certain binary data can 
> resemble shellcode.  For example, a GIF color table can look like a NOP 
> sled.  Also, if you're using curses over telnet, it can also resemble 
> shellcode.

Agreed... And for reference, even though the ruleset in snort 2.0.5 is 
broken (ie: http exclusion on the wrong side) this appears to be fixed in 
snortrules-current and snortrules-stable, on the website.



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