From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 9 8:28:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from arbol.eece.unm.edu (arbol.eece.unm.edu [129.24.24.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12F80150B1; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 08:28:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpgood@eece.unm.edu) Received: from eece.unm.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arbol.eece.unm.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA22395; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:22:59 -0600 Message-ID: <37AEF253.7A3403C0@eece.unm.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 09:22:59 -0600 From: "John P. Goodman" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.10 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Donald Burr Cc: FreeBSD Questions , FreeBSD Security Subject: Re: umountall requests - what does this all mean? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Donald, I'm am by no means a unix guru but you might want to start checking for intrusions into your system. This site will help: http://www.cert.org/nav/recovering.html Hopefully I'm just being paranoid and nothing happened. But I would definitely start there and eliminate the possiblity. good luck --john Donald Burr wrote: > I keep getting log messages similar to these: > > Aug 7 19:04:49 60-Hz mountd[150]: umountall request from 207.71.226.193 from unprivileged port > Aug 7 19:04:53 60-Hz mountd[150]: umountall request from 207.71.226.193 from unprivileged port > Aug 7 19:47:59 60-Hz mountd[150]: umountall request from 207.71.226.193 from unprivileged port > Aug 7 19:48:03 60-Hz mountd[150]: umountall request from 207.71.226.193 from unprivileged port > > 207.71.226.193 is the IP addressed assigned to me by my ADSL provider, so > I can only assume that these packets are coming in through the ADSL modem. > > What do these messages mean, and should I be worried about them? And how > do I block them? > > Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > Donald Burr WEB: http://www.Powered-By.AC/ > PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 Tel:(805)957-9666 FAX:(800)492-5954 > Member and software developer with The FreBSD Project - http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ > *** FreeBSD *** A FREE, 32 Bit UNIX OS for PC's -- The Power to Serve! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- John Paul Goodman EECE Computer Support Staff Member Room# 213, Phone# 277-3934 --Gravity is a myth, the Earth sucks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message