Re: UDP-Portscan ISA Firewall

From: @digitalaz(dot)com
Date: 03/17/03


Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:26:30 -0700
From: "@digitalaz(dot)com" <""raf\"@digitalaz(dot)com">

IT's a problem with the way nmap decides what a open udp port is, go to
insecure.org to find out more. If your firewall says that all udp's are
closed then most likely you should be fine. This type of behavior is due
to the connectionless nature of UDP packets.

- Rafael

Thomas W Shinder [MVP] wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Enable packet filtering. Now the only ports that are opened are the ones
> that you've explicitly opened with a packet filter or publishing rule.
>
> HTH,
> --
> Tom
> www.isaserver.org/shinder
> Get the books!
> ISA Server and Beyond: http://tinyurl.com/1jq1
> Configuring ISA Server: http://tinyurl.com/1llp
> MVP -- ISA Server 2000
>
>
> "Michael Grbic" <michael.grbic@my-mail.com> wrote in message
> news:b4q1vf$21s95n$1@ID-96624.news.dfncis.de...
>
>>Hello,
>>i should test a ISA Firewall for a customer. Therefore i make a portscan
>>witn nmap (http://www.nmapwin.org/) on the external interface ISA
>
> Firewall.
>
>>When i make a TCP Scan (SYN-Scan) than i see only the open ports that
>
> should
>
>>be open but if i make a UDP Scan (for example to see if only Port 53 UDP
>
> is
>
>>open for DNS resolution) the scanner shows me that all UDP ports are
>>openend!!! In ISA Logs i see that the firewall has blocked all UDP Ports
>>Scan with the exception of Port 53 but why the portscanner reports me that
>>all UDP ports are open if they are blocked?
>>
>>Regards
>>Michael Grbic
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>



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