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author | Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-05-19 10:53:05 +0000 |
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committer | Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-05-19 10:53:05 +0000 |
commit | 1f8b48b772b2d0ac0ed48a8259d2117ea3236a90 (patch) | |
tree | 06f11bc7b351f3abf3bf5507405afdba5374614e /security/doscan | |
parent | 4e942b64191e2ef98dce2c5af31047a8640db768 (diff) |
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/security/doscan/pkg-descr b/security/doscan/pkg-descr index fdcd563489d4..a171475a6c5f 100644 --- a/security/doscan/pkg-descr +++ b/security/doscan/pkg-descr @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ -Doscan is a tool to quickly scan your network for machines listening on a +Doscan is a tool to quickly scan your network for machines listening on a TCP port, opening thousands of TCP connections in parallel. Features - High scanning rate: five to ten minutes per 100,000 addresses (which + High scanning rate: five to ten minutes per 100,000 addresses (which are sparsely populated with hosts), with rather conservative timeouts. - Load distribution: doscan scans the addresses in a seemingly random -order. If your scan host is connected to a central router, this ensures -that the load is distributed across your network, and you are + Load distribution: doscan scans the addresses in a seemingly random +order. If your scan host is connected to a central router, this ensures +that the load is distributed across your network, and you are stress-testing just a single router, and not your edge devices. - Low memory consumption: memory usage is proportional to the number -of hosts which have responded so far, and to the number of parallel -connections. The total number of addresses does not influence memory usage + Low memory consumption: memory usage is proportional to the number +of hosts which have responded so far, and to the number of parallel +connections. The total number of addresses does not influence memory usage in any way. - Can collect responses: doscan optionally records data which is sent -by the hosts which are being scanned. You can even specify a regular -expression to extract part of a server banner, and a message to send to + Can collect responses: doscan optionally records data which is sent +by the hosts which are being scanned. You can even specify a regular +expression to extract part of a server banner, and a message to send to trigger a response (great for determining HTTP server versions). - Extensibility: It is possible to add special handlers for TCP-based + Extensibility: It is possible to add special handlers for TCP-based protocols, using a straightforward interface. It supports scanning the vulnerable Microsoft DCOM implementation. |