Re: [fw-wiz] scanning...

From: Brian Loe (knobdy_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/02/05

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    To: Paul Melson <pmelson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 15:54:40 -0600

    > By posting an updated resume to monster.com? :-)

    It's already there. :)

    >
    > When you're talking about a network with lots of ACL's and multiple
    > interfaces/aliases per host, automated tools are of diminished value. Port
    > scanners like NMap* will suck for this kind of work because they won't
    > accurately identify individual CPU instances with multiple network
    > interfaces. Your best bet is an SNMP scanner like SolarWinds' IP Network
    > Browser. Pray that SNMP is on and not blocked.

    It's not, but I don't have a tool to utilize it for this specific
    purpose - taking it from Solar Windows to Visio would be as slow as
    doing it manually.

    >
    > Actually, I retract that. In this situation the best thing to do is go to
    > the documentation. After all of the money they paid to that contractor
    > there had better be at least a design and some "as installed" docs from the
    > hand-off. If there is none, then go to the router and firewall configs.
    > Hopefully those bear enough resemblance to reality that you can figure out
    > what traffic goes where and begin to work your way back from there.

    HA!! They have lots of maps. Not one has an IP address or subnet
    anywhere to be found - often, not even a name, just a description
    (model)!

    Looks like I'm config diving.
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