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Date:      Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:40:34 -0600
From:      Dave McKay <dave@mu.org>
To:        "Roberto Samarone Araujo (RSA)" <sama@supridad.com.br>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ICMP attacks
Message-ID:  <20010126134034.A90752@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <003601c0878c$2ec00040$3cfdf2c8@nirvana>; from sama@supridad.com.br on Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:36:10AM -0300
References:  <NEBBIEGPMLMKDBMMICFNOEHBECAA.mit@mitayai.net> <003601c0878c$2ec00040$3cfdf2c8@nirvana>

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Roberto Samarone Araujo (RSA) (sama@supridad.com.br) wrote:
> > > icmp-response bandwidth limit 261/200 pps
> > > icmp-response bandwidth limit 268/200 pps
> > > icmp-response bandwidth limit 205/200 pps
> > > icmp-response bandwidth limit 223/200 pps
> 
>         Hi,
> 
>              Sometimes, when someone is trying to do a  port scan, this
> message appear so, if you want to know who is trying to make a port scan to
> your FreeBSD box you can use the PortsEntry, it will log the ports scan.
>              You can compile it from the ports collection.

This is almost surely nmap working its magic on your box, locally.  That
is not alot of ICMP you are getting, even for a dialup, it seems you, or
one of your users is port scanning.

-- 
Dave McKay
dave@mu.org
Microsoft Global Network Architect


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