I think there is a PTP out there that talks about that issue. Some
version of the 400 are vulnerable to a DoS from a normal port scan.
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Brahnda A. Eleazar
<brahnda.e_at_hermisconsulting.com> wrote:
> Peace all,
>
> I am wondering whether this is related or not.
> I was in the middle of beginning a pentest activity for a network segment containing quite a number of AS400 (Production).
> I started with a simple nmap first to see what I am facing.
> My command was (IPs are masked) "nmap -sV -vv -p 8470-8476 -o firsttry_port.nmap xxx.xxx.xxx.0/24"
> This lasted for about 15 minutes.
>
> After about 2 hours later, 2 out of 50+ identifiable machines started having problems.
> They became very slow.
> Those two machines are using ASP (Auxiliary Storage Pools), 1 ASP on the 1st machine and 2 ASPs on the 2nd.
>
> I just want to get more information whether my nmap did anything "bad"? :)
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> =adley=
>
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