Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 13:42:07 +0800 From: "Lord Ouch" <spam@javamoh.net> To: "Kenzo" <kenzo_chin@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: portscan question Message-ID: <004501c2c690$127912b0$0701a8c0@pa> References: <DAV6781XnKBWLNtmSRQ00017e50@hotmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 sure, that's ok. portsentry open those ports in order to monitor unexpected incoming connections, and when such a connection occurs, it blocks the source (from which intruders may come). you can change them in the configuration file. it is usually recommended to use snort rather than portsentry under freebsd......... since i am never a snort user, i have no idea about it. - -- With regards Lord Ouch - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenzo" <kenzo_chin@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 2:34 AM Subject: portscan question > This is what I got when I ran nmap against my server from inside my network. > everything looks good from the outsite. > I'm curious to why when I have portsentry turned on, I see all these ports. > and when I don't I only see the ones I'm runnin. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 iQA/AwUBPjYYLXbw5IZCFbKyEQKN6ACg1YvpwPDDObZmLMnt8XkuufynLr0An1mW aCr8QZ/p9jk3wpPjDumRFE3t =CamQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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