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Article #145Re: Cuervo, I disagree: ShareSniffer Released
From: Scott Norwood
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 17:05
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 17:05
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In article <8T9m6.4026$S25.60081@typhoon.sonic.net>, John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote: >[POSTED TO comp.dcom.modems.cable; PLEASE REPLY THERE] > >In <YSXl6.1657$Tj1.1236856@nntp1.onemain.com>, "mirayge" ><mi_rayge@notyahoo.com> wrote: > >>Yes there are. Many people run FTP services on their machines and allow >>anonymous logins. They want to share programs and files. How do you find >>these servers? By scanning a range of IP numbers for open port 21. > >No you don't (assuming you have legitimate motives). You look for >published invitations. There are well-established mechanisms for this. Would a DNS entry for a host named "ftp" be sufficient to assume that a particular machine is running an ftp daemon and exists (at least in part) for the purpose of making various files available to the public? Or do you believe that the invitation would have to be more explicit than that (such as a Usenet post that states "check out my cool FTP archive" or something like that)? I'm genuinely interested in what you believe would be an appropriate invitation.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f922c,b3c453f70036b961 X-Google-Attributes: gidf922c,public X-Google-Thread: f5dc1,b3c453f70036b961 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5dc1,public X-Google-Thread: 10090f,b3c453f70036b961 X-Google-Attributes: gid10090f,public X-Google-Thread: 113850,b3c453f70036b961 X-Google-Attributes: gid113850,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-25 09:06:07 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: snorwood@redballoon.net (Scott Norwood) Newsgroups: comp.security.firewalls,bellsouth.net.security,comp.dcom.xdsl,comp.dcom.modems.cable Subject: Re: Cuervo, I disagree: ShareSniffer Released Date: 25 Feb 2001 17:05:29 GMT Organization: Society for World Domination Lines: 24 Message-ID: <97be0p$buu$3@news.panix.com> References: <3A966412.9336DCD8@mynetwatchman.com> <AvBl6.3902$S25.55097@typhoon.sonic.net> <YSXl6.1657$Tj1.1236856@nntp1.onemain.com> <8T9m6.4026$S25.60081@typhoon.sonic.net> Reply-To: snorwood@redballoon.net NNTP-Posting-Host: panix6.panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 983120729 12254 166.84.0.231 (25 Feb 2001 17:05:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Feb 2001 17:05:29 GMT X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test74 (May 26, 2000) Originator: snorwood@panix.com (Scott Norwood)