On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 08:31:24AM +0100, Nico De Ranter wrote:
: portscans are a nuissance and definitly something to worry about since it
: normaly shows that people are trying to look for vulnerabilities on yous
: system.
Absolutely correct.
: However, I don't think it's reasonable to ask
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 10:00:28PM -0500, J. Scott Kasten wrote:
[...]
> right into their office network hub. I'm bombarded several times a day
> with DHCP broadcasts from someone like that in my DSL bridge as they reboot
> PCs in the office or restart the network printer. I just added special r
Howdy,
portscans are a nuissance and definitly something to worry about since it
normaly shows that people are trying to look for vulnerabilities on yous
system. However, I don't think it's reasonable to ask your ISP to take care
about it since the only thing they could do is block external ac
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 03:31:06PM -0800, Tony Coronado wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, WH Bouterse wrote:
> [snip]
> > I need some input which might also be used to substanciate my claim when
> > I meet with them next week that they are being "irresponsible" in the
> > field of ISP services.
>
> I
Ports 513 and 161 are used for broadcast services rwhod and snmpd. I very
much doubt you are getting port scanned. Examining your snippet of logs,
you are getting the 513 every 3 minutes which corresponds exactly with the
rwhod service. It's wrong of your ISP to have such a lax attitude toward
po
I'm of the same opinion. Obviously the firewall/detection software is
handling what's comming at it. It's low volume, and what I saw of it
didn't look like a serious hack attempt anyway. (Although I could be
confusing this issue with someone elses trace I glanced at.) So much of what I see
comp
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 03:31:06PM -0800, Tony Coronado wrote:
>
> However, I think that you are voicing your complaint to the wrong people. Try
> sending a message with the relevant exerpts from your logs to the offending
> parties ISP, say "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". At least you'll get a confirmatio
On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, WH Bouterse wrote:
[snip]
> I need some input which might also be used to substanciate my claim when
> I meet with them next week that they are being "irresponsible" in the
> field of ISP services.
I agree that they are being irresponsible. Any attempts of accessing the
serv
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> udp scans are common. start portsentry only in tcp mode (and use stcp
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udp scans are common. start portsentry only in tcp mode (and use stcp not atcp).
port 161 is scanned all the time w/o malicious intent.
Mate
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"Port Scans are nothing to worry about"... to almost quote them
directly.
I have a static IP cable modem and the provider and ISP are one and the
same.
A couple months ago I queried this List re:Port Scanning in
/var/log/messages
Well to update. Its only getting more crowded.
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