Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 17:12:02 -0700 From: Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com> To: patl@phoenix.volant.org, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cause of NetBIOS-NS requests from outside Message-ID: <19981028171202.A4585@i-pi.com> In-Reply-To: <ML-3.3.909615695.6966.patl@asimov>; from patl@phoenix.volant.org on Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 03:01:35PM -0800 References: <ML-3.3.909615695.6966.patl@asimov>
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On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 03:01:35PM -0800, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: > I've recently started logging more of the packets which are denied > by my filters. Since then, I've noticed occasional bursts of UDP > packets aimed at the NetBIOS-NS port (137) on my primary server. > > Is this more likely to be M$ brain-damage, or an attempted probe > by some script-kiddie? M$ brain-damage. I worked with one of the people who was bouncing off of my firewall one time. If you are using WINS for anything, it tries to use it for everything. I now ignore them, and really should tell the firewall to not even log them. Kenneth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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