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Idle scan

An idle scan is a TCP port scan method for determining what services are open on a target computer without leaving traces pointing back at oneself. This is accomplished by using packet spoofing to impersonate another computer (called a "zombie") so that the target believes it's being accessed by the zombie. The target will respond in different ways…

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TCP/IP basics

Basic mechanics

Finding a zombie host

Using hping

Using nmap

Effectiveness

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Idle scan

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples69
Avg. degree1.96
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Components1

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Idle scan

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related to Finding a zombie host · 20
Idle scan → As, Attacker, Choosing, Enough Internet, Following, If, IP ID, IPID, IPIDs, It, Note, Now, RST, So, SYN, SYN/ACK, The, When, You, Zombie
related to Basic mechanics · 13
Idle scan → An, Because, Computers, ID, Identification, Idle, IP, IPID, Linux, OpenBSD, Solaris, The, Windows Vista
related to External links · 11
Idle scan → An, Archived, Blog, Hpingnmap, Idle, Insecure, Nmap, NmapHping, Official, Original, Wayback Machine
related to Origins · 8
Idle scan → Although, Antirez, Discovered, Filipe Almeida, IPID, LiquidK, Salvatore Sanfilippo, This
related to Using hping · 7
Idle scan → An, First, If, In, IP ID, OS, The
related to Effectiveness · 6
Idle scan → Although, Another, Intrusion-detection, IP, Once, Operating Systems
is a · 1
Idle scan → TCP port scan method for determining what services are open on a target computer without leaving traces pointing back at oneself

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host zombie port ip idle target packet scan id open computer tcp using network attacker nmap services another syn packets

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Idle scanis aTCP port scan method for determining what services are open on a target computer without leaving traces pointing back at oneself0.90text
nmapinstance ofOverviewThis action can be done through common software network utilities0.80text
hpinginstance ofOverviewThis action can be done through common software network utilities0.80text
idle scanning.Simple network devices often make great zombies because they are commonly both underusedinstance ofit is best to ask permission before using someone's machines for unexpected purposes0.80text
Idle scanrelated to Basic mechanicsIdle0.60section
Idle scanrelated to Basic mechanicsIdentification0.60section
Idle scanrelated to Basic mechanicsIP0.60section
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Idle scanrelated to Basic mechanicsIPID0.60section
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