From owner-freebsd-security Wed Mar 1 20:11:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EAE637B8A6 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:11:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.9.3/frmug-2.5/nospam) with UUCP id FAA16616 for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 05:11:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix, from userid 101) id 044D18864; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 00:27:31 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 00:27:31 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: @Home Server Scanner? Message-ID: <20000302002731.A33222@keltia.freenix.fr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org References: <20000301113847.B37590@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i 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 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT/ELF AMD-K6/200 & 2x PPro/200 SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message