RE: [FW1] Port Scanning

[Chris F <freaknetboy@yahoo.com>]

I agree -- I also report them all. It's something we
should all do to help the Internet community.

I agree, too, that most sites I send complains to DONT
KNOW THEY'VE BEEN COMPROMISED! Either that, or the
person whom admin's the box is on vacation, etc.

My $0.02

Take Care -- Chris

--- "Frank W. Keeney" <FKeeney@hsa.com> wrote:
> 
> Personally I report them all. I have a script that
> does most of the work
> so I can report 5-6 scans in less than 10 minutes.
> I'd say I get an
> average of 2 scans per day. It's even more fun to
> play with these script
> kiddies. Install the Deception ToolKit
> http://all.net/contents/dtk.html
> or BackOfficer Friendly http://www.nfr.net/bof/ and
> watch them try,
> learn their tricks and protect yourself.
> 
> I've found that most scans come from compromised
> hosts. Sometimes the
> admins never knew that this happened until someone
> lets them know.
> 
> 
> 
>
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> 
> 	----------
> 	From:  Kent Hundley [SMTP:kent_hundley@ins.com]
> 	Sent:  Thursday, April 29, 1999 3:24 PM
> 	To:  darrell@gallup.com;
> fw-1-mailinglist@lists.us.checkpoint.com
> 	Subject:  RE: [FW1] Port Scanning
> 
> 
> 	Unless the scanning is so pervasive that it starts
> approaching a
> DoS,
> 	there's not much reason to get worked up about it
> IMHO.  That's
> what you
> 	have a firewall for in the first place.
> 
> 	
> 
> 
>
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