[newbie] Strange messages in my log files.

1999-12-19 Thread Eric L. Damron 




I found this in my /var/log/messages log:

kernel: ip_masq_ftp OUT: got PASV

I find no indication that anything was transfered in the 
xferlog file.

This is on a home server and I know for a fact that my family 
and I haven't been using FTP. In fact no one was logged on at the time of 
the message. Could this be an indication that someone is using my server 
as a WAREZ site?

Thanks.

Re: [newbie] Strange messages in my log files.

1999-12-19 Thread Axalon Bloodstone 

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote:

 I found this in my /var/log/messages log:
 
 kernel: ip_masq_ftp OUT: got PASV

 I find no indication that anything was transfered in the xferlog file.
 
 This is on a home server and I know for a fact that my family and I haven't been 
using FTP.  In fact no one was logged on at the time of the message.  Could this be 
an indication that someone is using my server as a WAREZ site?
 
 Thanks.

If it wasn't you that initiated the ftp connection, you need to fix your
firewall to only allow masq connections on the internal device.. 

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