Re: DSL modems used for pen-testing

From: the1at_private
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 19:57:25 PDT

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    I have a Westel Wirespeed dsl "modem" given to me by SBC (Ameritech at the
    time, when they installed my DSL service).  It's hooked up to a D-link
    wifi/ethernet "router".  I can run 10 instances of nmap in the background
    easily.
    
    
    On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Toby Barrick wrote:
    
    > 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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