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Date:      Mon, 8 Nov 1999 08:46:57 -0500 (EST)
From:      Eric Wayte <ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>
To:        Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Port 1243 scans
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.4.10.9911080841250.12329-100000@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991108222201.2364B-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>

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A complete list of assigned port numbers can be found at:

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1700.html
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers

It appears that 1243 is unassigned.


Good luck,
Eric Wayte, DBA
Univ. of Central Florida
ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Ian Smith wrote:

> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:43:48 +1100 (EST)
> From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
> To: security@freebsd.org
> Subject: Port 1243 scans
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> The last two days we've had several attempted scans of tcp port 1243
> from two systems in our locality, presumably over our /26 subnet. This
> seems to be their only port of interest; I only noticed it due to their
> having scanned unallocated addresses to which ipfw logs access attempts.
> 
> What are they looking for?  Is this one of these Netbus/BO things? We do
> have Windoze boxes on the LAN, as some with local knowledge would know;
> I guess I'll have to bolt down ports that wouldn't worry freebsd boxes.
> 
> To save asking more silly questions, is there a list of ports used by
> various nasties somewhere out there (not in /etc/services, obviously).
> 
> If it matters, this is a 2.2.6-RELEASE box with known security fixes,
> soon to be upgraded to 3.3, once the airmail arrives.
> 
> Cheers, Ian
> 
> 
> 
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