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Mark D. Spivey

"Practical Hacking Techniques and Countermeasures"

It should
be fairly easy to compromise.
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Lab 67: Vulnerability Scanner
Exploit Data from Target Computer: Pluto
Prerequisites: None
Countermeasures: Secure ACLs, Bastion computers
Description: An overall security scanner, including a multithreaded port
scanner, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scanner, port fingerprinting,
Microsoft Structured Query Language (MSSQL) audit, FTP audits,
SMTP audits, Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS) audits,
and password audits.
Procedure: Start, set the parameters, and execute.
Open the audits.ini file.
Enter the correct path the *.audit files and save.
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Double-click the Pluto icon to start the application.
The Pluto scanner will start with the Address field highlighted.
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Change the IP address to the target IP Address or Hostname.
Place your mouse over Config on the left side of the screen. This is actually
a button but the mouse icon will not change. Click on Config and the Options
screen will appear.
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Drag the slider bar for the Number of Threads as far to the right as
possible. Click Apply. The screen will close.
*Note: Do NOT click on Password Brute Force as this function creates windows
errors (this is a fluke in Pluto??™s code).
Click on Config again and click on the Brute Force tab. Review the location
and names of the Password and Usernames files.


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