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'''Firewalking''' is a technique developed by Mike Schiffman and David Goldsmith that utilizes traceroute techniques and [[Time to live|TTL]] values to analyze [[IP packet]] responses in order to determine gateway ACL ([[Access Control List]]) filters and map networks. It is an active reconnaissance [[network security]] analysis technique that attempts to determine which layer 4 protocols a specific firewall will allow.<br />

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Firewalk is a software tool that performs Firewalking.