RE: DSL modems used for pen-testing

From: Jenkins, Christopher P. (cjenkinsat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 13:00:12 PDT

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    Hello,
    I had the same problem with a Linksys router connected to a cable modem.
    The only way I could get around this was to hook my scanning station
    directly to the cable modem to run the scan aggressively.
    
    Chris
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Toby Barrick [mailto:tbarrickat_private] 
    Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 3:13 PM
    To: pen-test
    Subject: DSL modems used for pen-testing
    
    Has anyone else run into the problem of "swamping" the connection tables
    
    in their DSL modems (on the attack side and the target side)? I 
    currently have a Zyxel 643 router/ADSL modem that I "wanted to use for 
    pen-testing, but the darn thing dies when doing something as simple as a
    
    port scan.
    
    I you have run into the problem, what was the fix other than throttling 
    the scanning app? If a new modem, which one?
    
    TIA
    
    Toby
    
    
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