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Date:      Thu, 2 Mar 2000 00:27:31 +0100
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: @Home Server Scanner?
Message-ID:  <20000302002731.A33222@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20000301113847.B37590@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>; from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com on Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:38:47AM -0500
References:  <20000301113847.B37590@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>

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According to Crist J. Clark:
> It has been scanning my NNTP (119) port several times a day since the
> beginning of February. Previous to that, it liked to check my HTTP

It is part of the agreement that was reached with @Home when they were
threatened with a UDP (Usenet Death Penalty). They agreed to scan for open
NNTP servers/proxies and close them.

It was a close call for them...
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #77: Thu Dec 30 12:49:51 CET 1999



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