Re: Port 18593 attacks

"Jonathan Hall" <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:11:44 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.aclug.linux-help
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If you're REALLY ambitious, you can always install tcpdump, and look at t=
he
raw packets coming to port 18539 to help determine what they are.  Altho =
to
most people (myself included) that will probably produce a bunch of
worthless information :)

-- Jonathan

----- Original Message -----
From: "bbales" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 11:27 AM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Port 18593 attacks


> On Saturday 07 August 2004 23:32, you wrote:
> > Well, is there any way to turn off reporting?  So what happens if you
> > telnet to port 18395? or nmap the box?  No one is coming in if there =
is
> > no door.  I guess what I'm saying is that you are probably getting
> > false or overzealous  reports from your firewall, and that they are
> > really nothing to lose sleep about.
>
> Sure, I can turn them off.  But I kinda liked to see the build-up of hi=
ts
on
> port 3127 when mydoom was running rampant and port 2745 with bagle.e.
>
> Maybe I am getting bad info from the firewall.  I'm not losing sleep ov=
er
it,
> but I am curious to know what's going on.  Maybe I'll never know.
> bruce
>
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