Bill Wall's computer security tests


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access control testing      
accounts not disabled
accounts, default
Active-X
Admind
advisories
AFTP
aliases
anonymous ftp writable
archiving
audit logs and if disabled
banners (telnet and smtp)
bootparam (NIS)
browsers
brute-force methods
bugs
CGI scripts (test-cgi, test-env, nph-cgi, phf)
chargen (port 19)
chroot
cookies
CRC check
cron jobs
crypt
daemons
data flood
daytime service (port 13)
debug mode
decode alias
defaults
denial of service attacks
directories owned by unknown owners
directories owned by unknown groups
directories which are world writable
directories which are world executable
domains
dot...dot check
echo
encryption type
Exec (Rexec) (port 512)
EXPN enabled
exports file
failed login attempts
file system change detection
files owned by unknon owners
files owned by unknown groups
files - world writable
files - world executable
files - group writable
files - group executable
files with uneven privileges
files which are SUID
files which are SGID
files which are sticky
finger (port 79)
fingerd
firewalls
ftp (port 21)
ftpd
ftp chroot
GID=0
GID - users without a GID or invalid GID
guest acounts
GUI
hosts.equiv
hosts scanned
HTML links
http server (stack overflow)
HTTPd (port 80, 8080)
ICMP redirect
inetd.conf file
INN
IP Spoofing
Java
key-stroke capture test
LAN Manager (Win NT)
loadmodule
login (rlogin) (port 513)
Microsoft Internet Information Server (.bat .cmd)
mknod
motd
NetBIOS (port 137)
netstat (port 15)
network-hijack test
networks
NFS directories world readable/writable
NFS export
NIS being used
NIS domain name easily guessable
NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) (port 119)
OOB
OS version
password cracking
password file - duplicate name
password file - users with duplicated UIDs
password file - users with a disabled password
password file - users without a password
password file - users with unmatched password file entries
password lifetimes      
patches
pcnfsd check
permissions
pings
PIPE command allowed (mail test)
POP (port 109, 110)
portmapper
ports - which ones active
portsw
PROM
promiscuous mode
proxy scan
.PWL files for Win 95
rcp
rdist
rexd
Rexec
rhosts
RIP (Routing Information Protocol)
Rlogin (rlogin -l froot; -f option)
root accounts
Routed
Router
RPC   
Rsh (NULL username)
Rstat
ruser
Rwhod
selection_svc
sendmail (old versions, debug, wiz)
server type
services (/etc/services)
shell (rsh) (port 514)
SMB (System Message Block)
SMTP (port 25)
sniffer
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
SOCKS (port 1080)
spray daemon
sticky bit
Sun RPC (port 111) portmapper
SYN flood exploits
SYNC
SYSLOG
system file authentication
system log flood
telnet (port 23)
TFTP
time service (port 37)
traceroute
Trojan-Program test
trusted hosts
UDP bomb attack
UID=0
UID - duplicate UIDs in the password file
UID - users without UID
UID - users with invalid UID
umask
user account information
user records with improper number of fields
users without a home directory shown
users with invalid home directory
users sharing home directories
users with sticky home directories
users home directory writable
users without a shell shown
users with invalid shell
users sharing shells
users shells which are SUID/SGID
users shells which are writable
UUCP (port 540)
virus checker
VRFY enabled
wall daemon
Windows NT (redbutton attack, etc)
wizard backdoor (sendmail - WIZ)
wu-FTP
X25
X Server (access controls)
.xsessions
X Window System
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