Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 19:25:08 -0500 From: "Bob Hall" <rjhalljr@starpower.net> To: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: scanning the smbd port Message-ID: <20021216002508.GA4108@sten.alder.net> In-Reply-To: <20021214092331.GA7429@sten.alder.net> References: <20021214092331.GA7429@sten.alder.net>
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:23:31AM -0500, Bob Hall wrote: > I looked in the archives, but I didn't find anything on this. I've gotten > a number of messages like the following: > > Dec 13 22:37:20 sten inetd[6015]: refused connection from 61-231-96-100.HINET-IP > .hinet.net, service smbd (tcp)itten > > They seem to come from all over. In addition to Taiwan, they come from > Pakistan, Japan, and my own local ISP. My interpretation is that they are > scanning smbd ports. Is this correct, and why Samba? Never mind. When I googled instead of just searching the mail archives, I got lots of info on this. > Also, I've got the following in /etc/hosts.allow: > > ALL : localhost 127.0.0.1 : allow > ALL : 192.162.0/24 : allow > ALL : ALL : deny > > I don't want to provide any services outside of the local network. I > want the hosts inside the local network to be able to request services > out on the Internet. Is there a better way of doing this? And some more research turned up my errors in this. Bob Hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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