Re: Any benefits from removing information from SMTP banner ?

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From: Stuart Mackie [MCP, MSP] (me_at_--REMOVE_THIS--stu.uk.com)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:18:32 +0100

Hi Matt, thanks for the reply. Did you use a specific KB to alter the
banner, or is there an obvious method I don't know about ? 

-- 
Thanks,
Stuart Mackie [MCP, MSP]
www.stu.uk.com
"Matt Gibson" <mattg@blueedgetech.ca> wrote in message
news:uUs2K1EZEHA.2972@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> You can change the banner to whatever you want, and other servers won't
> complain, it's basically there for human purposes.  I personally have mine
> saying it's an Amiga 500 :)
>
> This isn't a perfect way to hide your OS, since it's still possible to
> figure it out by the way it responds to commands, and through OS
> fingerprinting (TTL values and whatnot)
>
> -Matt
>
> "Stuart Mackie [MCP, MSP]" <me@--REMOVE_THIS--stu.uk.com> wrote in message
> news:%23VYfFuEZEHA.3752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Hi.  I was wondering if it was worthwhile removing some of the
information
> > from the SMTP banner, or whether any of this information is used for
> > validation by remote servers ?  The information given away is the mail
> > server software and domain name which I suspect would be used by
software
> > like NMap to deduce O/S and running software ?
> >
> > -- 
> > Thanks,
> > Stuart Mackie [MCP, MSP]
> > www.stu.uk.com
> >
> >
>
>

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