| Port No | 30464 |
| Service Name | Slapper |
| RFC Doc | 0 |
| Protocol | TCP |
| Description | Slapper is a network worm that spreads on Linux machines by using a flaw discovered in August 2002 in OpenSSL libraries. The worm was found in Eastern Europe late on Friday September 13th 2002. The worm affects Linux machines that are running Apache web server with OpenSSL enabled. Apache installations cover more than 60% of public web sites on the internet. It can be estimated that less than 10% of these installations have enabled SSL services. SSL is most often used for online commerce, banking and privacy applications. Once a machine gets infected, the worm starts to spread to new systems. In addition, the worm contains code to create a peer-to-peer attack network, where infected machines can remotely be instructed to launch a wide variety of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. |
| Reference Link | More Information |
| Attack | Name:Slapper: How To Remove: Information Form The FOllowing Link May Help You. |
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