Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 21:07:33 -0700 From: Mike Uttech <Mike@Zipoff.com> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG, Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>, Lawrence Sica <larry@mail.interactivate.com> Subject: Re: Port 137 hitting my server Message-ID: <19991109031211.EF813152E9@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <19991108215515.A22452@palomine.net> References: <4.2.2.19991108155541.00bcba40@mail.interactivate.com> <4.2.2.19991108155541.00bcba40@mail.interactivate.com>
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This is caused by Internet Explorer 5. I remember running into this annoying situation and after blocking it at the routers I figured out that it was IE 5 doing it. I used to know why it was probing to see if NETBIOS was running, but at the moment, I cannot remember it. Hope this helps, At 07:55 PM 11/8/99 , Chris Johnson wrote: >On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 03:57:01PM -0800, Lawrence Sica wrote: >> All, >> >> I keep getting hits to port 137 on my server. I know this is a netbios >> thing, and am not running samba. The server in question is a webserver. I >> was wondering any legitimate cause for this? > >I get zillions of these. I think that it's something that Windows does on its >own, unbeknownst to the person at the controls. I don't think that anyone is >intentioanlly probing anything. > >Chris > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > Mike Uttech Mike@zipoff.com System Administration Phone: 612-420-9655 Pager: 612-538-3886 -or- Page@zipoff.com Cell: 612-280-4327 Icq: 107438 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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