Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:40:35 -0600 (CST) From: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Riddle me this Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001272333130.41265-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000127171529.00c56a00@localhost>
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > At 09:25 PM 1/26/2000 , Matthew Dillon wrote: > > It's hard to say without doing a continuous tcpdump but the most likely > > possibility is that someone was playing a game or doing something else > > related to sending and receiving UDP packets, and then disconnected. > > Actually, I think I just found out what it was. > > Two words: HP JetAdmin. > > Apparently, some people at the site just got a new JetDirect print server. > When you install the client software, it sets itself up -- by default -- > to test EVERY IP ADDRESS IN THE SUBNET to see if it has an HP print server > on it. > > And it gets worse. The default address of the print server hardware -- which > the client software tries to reach when it's setting up -- is (are you ready?) > 192.0.0.192. It can get even worse... My biggest employer thought the feature was quite cool given 12,000+ NT workstations and a *lot* of laser printers scattered over at least 28 states. This feature can be fantastic, but it also walked right out to The Internet and began discovering a *lot* of printers all over the planet! We got calls from some DOD sites, we found we could control printers in Southeast Asia, we ran *very* low on disk, ... - Jy@ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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