BEYOND THE CONNECT STRING

War dialers identify remote modems and software with varying degrees of accuracy. In this manner, they are just like port scanners . A war dialer indicates a basic attribute of a phone numberit answers with a modem connection, or it does not. Part of your war-dialing collection should include the remote management software necessary to connect to the remote system, shown in the following list. You won't be able to rely on a terminal for everything because many of these applications use binary protocols or require nudge strings that are difficult to generate from the keyboard.

• Minicom

• HyperTerminal

• Carbon Copy

• Citrix

• PCAnywhere (versions 8 and 9)

• Remotely Anywhere

• Timbuktu