full-disclosure - Re: Exploring the UNKNOWN: Scanning the Internet via SNMP!

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Message-ID: <47CFEE6B.6080005@s0ftpj.org>
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:15:23 +0100
From: "KJK::Hyperion" <hackbunny@...tpj.org>
To: sub <sub@...m641a.net>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Exploring the UNKNOWN: Scanning the Internet
 via SNMP!

KJK::Hyperion ha scritto:
>> "Previous scanning worms, such as Code Red, spread via many threads,
>> each invoking connect() to probe random addresses.
> what the hell is this? visiting the iniquity of the applications upon 
> the protocols? Winsock is probably the only API that lets you connect() 
> asynchronously

I stand corrected! you can obviously use a non-blocking connect() with 
select(), as well. You wacky socket APIs, what predicament will you not 
get into!

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