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Date:      Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:54:39 -0700 (MST)
From:      "David G. Andersen" <danderse@cs.utah.edu>
To:        "Oles' Hnatkevych" <gnut@uct.kiev.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rshd in messages
Message-ID:  <13992.51540.10896.239954@torrey.cs.utah.edu>
In-Reply-To: Oles' Hnatkevych's message of Fri, January 22 1999 <36A86BB1.FE6D238A@uct.kiev.ua>
References:  <36A86BB1.FE6D238A@uct.kiev.ua>

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It's typically a sign that someone is port scanning your machine.
(for further information, do a web search on "nmap" or "strobe").

   -Dave

Lo and Behold, Oles' Hnatkevych said:
> Hello!
> 
> 
>   In /var/log/messages I got:
> 
> Jan 22 11:48:43 gw rshd[22105]: connection from 199.174.248.162 on
> illegal port 1093
> Jan 22 11:56:19 gw rshd[23778]: connection from 199.174.248.162 on
> illegal port 1204
> 
>   What it can be? Someone misspelled IP address?
> 
> -- 
> Best wishes,
> 
>     Oles Hnatkevych, http://gnut.kiev.ua
> 
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