Do not scan printers (AppSocket)

The remote host appears to be a network printer or multi-function device that supports the AppSocket also known as JetDirect protocol. Such devices often react very poorly when scanned - some crash, others print a number of pages. To avoid problems, Nessus has marked the remote host as 'Dead' and...

AppSocket DoS

It seems that it is possible to lock out your printer from the network by opening a few connections and keeping them open. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2002 Michel Arboi Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

AppSocket DoS

It seems that it is possible to lock out your printer from the network by opening a few connections and keeping them open. Note that the AppSocket protocol is so crude that OpenVAS cannot check if it is really running behind this port. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: appsocketDoS.nasl 8023...

AppSocket Half-open Connection Remote DoS

It seems that it is possible to lock out your printer from the network by opening a few connections and keeping them open. Note that the AppSocket protocol is so crude that Nessus cannot check if it is really running behind this port. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if...