Re: ftp banner stripping?

[Greg Thomas <getbsd_(_at_)_sbcglobal_(_dot_)_net>]

On Sunday, Jan 12, 2003, at 10:52 US/Pacific, shaun wrote:

> >   I still have to understand the magic that makes all bugs disappear
> > and all security flaws vanish just by changing banners.
>
> From the POV of an ISP tech, there'll always be someone smarter and
> able to crack the box regardless of what histrionics are observed. The
> point is to narrow down the margin as much as possible. If I had the
> attitude that it just didn't matter, I'd be running on windows boxes.

And as you probably know then, security through obscurity rarely works.

Stripping banners is a waste of time.

Greg