Stealth Scan

Stealth Scan definition - hacker
Mechanism to perform reconnaissance on a network while remaining undetected. Uses SYN scan, FIN scan, or other techniques to prevent logging of a scan.

See Also: Synchronize Packet (SYN); Synchronize Packet Flood (SYN Flood).

Internet Security Systems. Port Scanning. [Online, 2004]. Internet Security Systems Website. http://www.iss.net/security_center/advice/Underground/Hacking/ Methods/Technical/Port_Scan/.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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