Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 10:33:41 -0600 From: "Larry Wells" <lwells@goalie-usa.com> To: <George.Giles@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: who is port scanning at freebsd.org Message-ID: <002301c0021f$947f8240$2c0100c0@goalieusa.com> References: <OF82BCAB35.5C0EB57B-ON86256936.005294B7@MC.VANDERBILT.EDU> <20000809160822.I22672@pavilion.net>
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> On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 10:02:34AM -0500, George.Giles@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu wrote: > > It is a port scan looking for smtpd. > I sincerely hope you are making a joke, George. #1: Your firewall won't tell you what someone is looking for if they are portscanning. #2: I'm guessing your 'smtpd' assumption is based on the fact that multiple attempts were made to connect to port 25 of some machine. #3: I think you have become a victim of the dread hacker program 'Sendmail'. The only remedy is to go buy a book on how networks work. L. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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