Internet Security and Ethical Hacking. The Hackers Video portal. Complete Hacker's Handbook: Chapter Seven. Table 7.16: The logs show quite clearly that some userid probing is going on in the system This type of information is vital for crackers attempting to exploit "trust" relationships on a LAN. Inside a "zone of trust" security restrictions are often much more relaxed between clients and servers, than between the servers and other computers on the Internet.
If a cracker can penetrate one machine involved in a typical web of trust on a LAN, then very soon all the machines can be compromised. The ftp "bounce" attack is just one example that uses trust relationships to access information never intended for use outside the trust zone, but relies on there being at least one ftp server inside the trust zone which can be accessed.
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