Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-19 Thread Antony Gelberg
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:39:40PM -0600, Rthoreau wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:50:02PM +, Antony Gelberg wrote: >   > > >Looks like a ping (ICMP type 8).  Where do you get port scanning from? > > >FWIW, I think that blocking pings via a firewall isn'

Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-18 Thread Rthoreau
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:50:02PM +, Antony Gelberg wrote:   > >Looks like a ping (ICMP type 8).  Where do you get port scanning from? > >FWIW, I think that blocking pings via a firewall isn't recommended, but > >not sure why. Jon wrote: > It does not pr

Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-18 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:50:02PM +, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Looks like a ping (ICMP type 8). Where do you get port scanning from? > FWIW, I think that blocking pings via a firewall isn't recommended, but > not sure why. It does not provide any kind of security or protectio

Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-18 Thread David Palmer.
ISP, this has been happening for a while but I > > haven't had the time to look into it untill now. I did a basic > > whois on the IP address and they show that it is my ISP, the > > destination is a DNS server that belongs to my ISP. > > > > Looks like a ping

Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-18 Thread Antony Gelberg
I did a basic whois on the IP address and they > show that it is my ISP, the destination is a DNS server that belongs to my > ISP. > Looks like a ping (ICMP type 8). Where do you get port scanning from? FWIW, I think that blocking pings via a firewall isn't recommended, but not s

ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-18 Thread Rthoreau
ation is a DNS server that belongs to my ISP. I sent an E-mail to abuse to see what they are going to do about it, but I am in need of some knowledge? Is this common? is the DNS server trying to collect or verify information on my system? If so why? I did do a google search on DNS port sca

Re: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-22 Thread Jim Richardson
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 10:20:42AM +0100, Frédéric de Villamil wrote: > Hi dude > just try porsentry, it's a nice scan detector > but be carefull: if you use portsentry and nmap your owncomputer, you'll find > numerous ports open you don't use the services as portsentry watch many ports > by defa

Re: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-22 Thread Daniel Sand
l took care of those and > provides a more flexible logging mechanism. Ippl is one of the very > first packages I install on any Debian box in my control. Once you've > configured it right (i.e. told it not to log normal traffic like smtp > connections) the output can be very interes

Re: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-22 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:31:53AM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > You may also want to try iplogger. Not only will this show ALL the ports in > use, not just the ones you select in portsentry. Also, portsentry actually > listens on those ports it is monitoring, so if you nmap yourself for >

Re: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-22 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:31:53AM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > > just try porsentry, it's a nice scan detector > > but be carefull: if you use portsentry and nmap your owncomputer, > > you'll find > > numerous ports open you don't use the services as portsentry > > watch many ports > > > > O

RE: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-22 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
> just try porsentry, it's a nice scan detector > but be carefull: if you use portsentry and nmap your owncomputer, > you'll find > numerous ports open you don't use the services as portsentry > watch many ports > > On Thursday 22 March 2001 01:35, Lars Jensen wrote: > > How do I check if someone i

Re: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-22 Thread Frédéric de Villamil
Hi dude just try porsentry, it's a nice scan detector but be carefull: if you use portsentry and nmap your owncomputer, you'll find numerous ports open you don't use the services as portsentry watch many ports by default have fun fred On Thursday 22 March 2001 01:35, Lars Jensen wrote: > How do

Re: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-21 Thread John Galt
jail, ippl, or another icmp event logger. On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Lars Jensen wrote: > >How do I check if someone is scanning my ports, or hammering a certain >port with requests? > >Thanks for any help, >Lars. > >%%% >Lars Jensen,

Re: Checking port scanning?

2001-03-21 Thread Tomaas Ortega
i use an application called portsentry made by psionic software logs to my syslog if im getting hammered it gets ip and server names quite a nifty little app and very easy to use and install

Checking port scanning?

2001-03-21 Thread Lars Jensen
How do I check if someone is scanning my ports, or hammering a certain port with requests? Thanks for any help, Lars. %%% Lars Jensen, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV 89512-3999. Tel: 775.673.7113 E-mail: [EMAIL PROT

Re: Port Scanning

1999-08-06 Thread Nathan Duehr
Depends on where you live. Usually yes. In Colorado, USA it's a misdemeanor crime. On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Stephan Weaver wrote: > I was just wondering if portscanning was illegal? > > Stephan Weaver > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Free instant

Port Scanning

1999-08-05 Thread Stephan Weaver
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Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-25 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just a quick question regarding port scanning, how do you tell that you have > been scanned > I assume it shows up in the log files. The package courtney can do this monitoring. It will report to syslog and also mai

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-25 Thread Adam Shand
> Just a quick question regarding port scanning, how do you tell that you have > been scanned > I assume it shows up in the log files. not necessarily. if you are running tcplogd (from the iplogger package) then you get a line like below for every tcp (this does NOT get ucp or icm

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-25 Thread Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131
use ipfwadm to block it. >> >> > >> > >> > > > Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? >> > > > I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! >> > > >> > > Firewalling or

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-25 Thread Chi Wong
t; > > Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? > > > I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! > > > > Firewalling or tcp_wrappers configured the right way. > > tcp-wrappers will not stop you from being scann

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-25 Thread Pure Energy
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Ian Eure wrote: > You might want to look at Abacus Sentry- you can get it from www.psionic.com > > matthew tebbens wrote: > > > Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? > > I had someone last night scan my syst

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-25 Thread Adam Shand
> > Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? > > I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! > > Firewalling or tcp_wrappers configured the right way. tcp-wrappers will not stop you from being scanned. even if the port

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-24 Thread wingman
> Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? > I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! > > I heard that there is a portscand out there somewhere, if so where ? There is a nice little package called abacus-sentry that runs

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-24 Thread Tim Sailer
matthew tebbens wrote: > > > Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? > I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! Firewalling or tcp_wrappers configured the right way. > I heard that there is a portscand out there somewhe

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-24 Thread Ian Eure
You might want to look at Abacus Sentry- you can get it from www.psionic.com matthew tebbens wrote: > Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? > I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! > > I heard that there is a portsca

Re: Port Scanning

1998-02-24 Thread Thomas Lakofski
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, matthew tebbens wrote: > Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? > I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! > > I heard that there is a portscand out there somewhere, if so where ? You can't stop them

Port Scanning

1998-02-24 Thread matthew tebbens
Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! I heard that there is a portscand out there somewhere, if so where ? Thanks, Matthew -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubs