three-way TCP

[Jason Martin]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 05:52:09PM +0200, S?bastien Cantos wrote:
> You can check if a service (tcp port) is responding just by completing 2
> parts of the 3 way handshake.
> 
> 1/ Client send a Syn to the server
> 2/ Server respond with a Syn/Ack
> 
> This is called *stealh* scanning.
I see; however check_http generally posts some data into the
webserver and listens for the response, which would naturally
require the full 3-way handshake. 

What benefit would there by in doing a 2-way vs a 3-way?

-Jason Martin

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