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scan for LaBrea tarpitted hosts

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
LaBrea scan

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

This script performs a labrea tarpit scan, by
sending a bogus ACK and ACK-windowprobe to a potential
host. It also sends a TCP SYN to test for non-persisting
labrea machines.

Network Security Threat Level: None

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2001 by John Lampe

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