'Impersonating' existing protocols Many firewalls look only at the port number Most firewalls only limit inbound access Most firewalls support much more than necessary SMTP, DNS, ping, etc Often, covert channels can simply use other open ports /usr/sbin/sshd -p 80 /usr/sbin/sshd -p 443
Copyright 2003, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.
Presented at SecureWorld Expo, 2003.
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