Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-26 Thread Keith G. Murphy
DSC Siltec wrote: [cut] One scan attack attacked my proxy server's proxy port, from 1031,1032, 1033,1034, 1035... and expired about 8 minutes later. [cut] I also have a windows system -- and, sometimes using the same network connection [manual plug-over] a macintosh, and it is

Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread DSC Siltec
I have a bit of a problem: I just installed Woody on a dual-boot box, got KDE and all up and running, and very soon found that I was losing my connection. I inquired as to why, and I was told I was being cut off because my computer was scan-attacking the ISP proxy server. One scan attack

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread afj
@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: Newbie and scan attack I have a bit of a problem: I just installed Woody on a dual-boot box, got KDE and all up and running, and very soon found that I was losing my connection. I inquired as to why, and I was told I was being cut

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread DSC Siltec
afj wrote: to the best of my knowledge the services you mentioned are almost all passive. even those like htdig shouldn't generate this sort of behaviour. there are many others which could : nmap, amap, pnscan to name a few Okay, here's the kicker question: How can I, as a newbie, track

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin DSC Siltec quotation: Okay, here's the kicker question: How can I, as a newbie, track this down and root it out, and clean my system? Also, is there a way I can do it without spending days at it, learning? You want us to distill security administration into an email? Pay

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread craigw
On Thu Apr 25, 2002 at 02:28:56PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: begin DSC Siltec quotation: Okay, here's the kicker question: How can I, as a newbie, track this down and root it out, and clean my system? Also, is there a way I can do it without spending days at it, learning?

Re: Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 12:04, craigw wrote: Okay, here's the kicker question: How can I, as a newbie, track this down and root it out, and clean my system? Also, is there a way I can do it without spending days at it, learning? Sounds like you don't have a lot of free

Re: * Newbie and scan attack

2002-04-25 Thread Donald R. Spoon
DSC Siltec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bit of a problem: I just installed Woody on a dual-boot box, got KDE and all up and running, and very soon found that I was losing my connection. I inquired as to why, and I was told I was being cut off because my computer was scan-attacking