RE: Port 113 requests?

From: Jose Nazario (joseat_private)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 13:30:45 PST

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    On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Chris Keladis wrote:
    
    > The only bad thing about 'rejecting' i can think of, is TCP/IP stack
    > fingerprinting of the returned RST packet.
    
    as already said, "so what?" you're already connecting to them (to send the
    mail), they know you exist and, due to the joys of passive OS
    fingerprinting, they know what OS you're running typically.
    
    nothing gained.
    
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