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How to retrieve a site whose server is running Linux
I'm struggling to find a way to retrieve through Google a list of sites having Linux as their server operating system.
Actually, I'd like to be able to test the following command:
nmap -O ...
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Most secure response for a server to return to a user scanning for exploits
I have ASP.NET servers hosted in IIS, regularly i see bots attempting to scan my server searching for outdated versions of phpMyAdmin, mysql etc.
Currently these requests all return 404 because ...
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How to fix the audit failure in our web server
We noticed that we are getting the following audit failure logs in our web server. The workstation is not in our network.
Can anybody help me how to isolate and prevent this from happening?
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Impact of attack occured in Radius, DHCP and HTTP servers on VOIP?
Assume we can crash the RADIUS server in a VOIP system. What would be the impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of VOIP service. What would be the impact if the same question if ...
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What attacks use enabled Apache's PATH_INFO?
In Tangled Web Michal Zalewski says:
If you are not using path-based parameter passing (such as PATH_INFO), consider disabling this feature.
He gave only one example of this vulnerability. There ...
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How can log poisoning be successful with a Local File Inclusion attack?
I just read a paper about Local File Inclusion on exploit-db.com, it can be found here. One technique with LFI is log poisoning as you may know already. You do an HTTP GET request that contains PHP ...
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Index page has been compromised, suspicious files are showing up
My website has been hacked lately and it has been defaced. Now I have weird files, don't know where they coming from. I just want to know, what of these files are harmful or can cause that I get ...
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Some questions about penetration testing distribution Backtrack 5
I know just the basics of backtrack and I want to ask some questions about it:
Can you attack an ftp server using backtrack? an email server?
I have a Centos virtual private server and backtrack is ...
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How to respond to attack made from my dedicated server?
There was a sudden unusual peak of outbound traffic from my hosted dedicated server (OS - Windows Server 2008 R2). The hoster threatened to block the server if the problem is not solved.
There are an ...
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How does an attacker approach a website?
What is a typical mindset and method of approach? What are they likely to try first? At what point does a novice give up versus an expert? How would an automated attack differ from a manual one?
