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I had to look this up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_grabbing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_grabbing In the context of SSH, a banner might be root
by voltagex_ 12y ago
I had to look this up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_grabbing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_grabbing
In the context of SSH, a banner might be
root@localhost's password:
or more accurately SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1 which is the first thing a particular SSH daemon will send on receiving a connection from a client
- nailer 12y agoAh I've heard these referred to as 'login banners' or '<service name> banners' before. Thanks! One wouldn't normally 'resolve a banner' though, since it might contains the version of a service used, and other information other than what a Unix `hostname` command would return. You'd resolve the hostname mentioned in the banner.