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http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=10019
| Category: | Denial of Service |
| Title: | Ascend Kill |
| Summary: | Crashes an ascend router |
| Description: | It was possible to make the remote Ascend router reboot by sending it a UDP packet containing special data on port 9 (discard). An attacker may use this flaw to make your Solution : filter the incoming UDP traffic coming |
http://www.speedguide.net/port.php?port=9
| Port(s) | Protocol | Service | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | tcp,udp | Discard | Discard server - this protocol is only installed on machines for test purposes. The service listening at this port (both TCP and UDP) simply discards any input.
See also: [RFC863], CVE-1999-0060 |
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| 9 | tcp,udp | Discard (official) | Wikipedia | |
| 9 | tcp,udp | discard | Discard [RFC4960] [RFC4340] | IANA |
| 9 | tcp,udp | discard | Discard | SANS |
| 9 | tcp,udp | discard | sink null | Nmap |
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Discard Protocol
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc863
This RFC specifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts on
the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Discard Protocol are
expected to adopt and implement this standard.
A useful debugging and measurement tool is a discard service. A discard service simply throws away any data it receives.
TCP Based Discard Service
One discard service is defined as a connection based application on
TCP. A server listens for TCP connections on TCP port 9. Once a
connection is established any data received is thrown away. No
response is sent. This continues until the calling user terminates
the connection.
UDP Based Discard Service
Another discard service is defined as a datagram based application on
UDP. A server listens for UDP datagrams on UDP port 9. When a
datagram is received, it is thrown away. No response is sent.