TCP ACK Firewall Scanner

Map out firewall rulesets with a raw ACK scan. Any unfiltered ports found means a stateful firewall is not in place for them.

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kris katterjohn < katterjohn [at] gmail.com >

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Usage Information

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msf > use auxiliary/scanner/portscan/ack
msf auxiliary(ack) > set RHOSTS [TARGET HOST RANGE]
msf auxiliary(ack) > run

Module Options

BATCHSIZE	The number of hosts to scan per set (default: 256)
INTERFACE	The name of the interface
PORTS	Ports to scan (e.g. 22-25,80,110-900) (default: 1-10000)
RHOSTS	The target address range or CIDR identifier
SNAPLEN	The number of bytes to capture (default: 65535)
THREADS	The number of concurrent threads (default: 1)
TIMEOUT	The reply read timeout in milliseconds (default: 500)
GATEWAY	The gateway IP address. This will be used rather than a random remote address for the UDP probe, if set.
NETMASK	The local network mask. This is used to decide if an address is in the local network.
ShowProgress	Display progress messages during a scan
ShowProgressPercent	The interval in percent that progress should be shown
UDP_SECRET	The 32-bit cookie for UDP probe requests.
VERBOSE	Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE	Specify the workspace for this module