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Date:      Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:26:44 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Jim Freeze" <jim@freeze.org>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Why is my network so busy?
Message-ID:  <004101c11fd3$17e92380$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0108072252310.23744-100000@www.stelesys.com>

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jim Freeze
>Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:53 PM
>To: Jonathan M. Slivko
>Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: RE: Why is my network so busy?
>
>
>On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote:
>
>> Probbably Code Red flowing through your network to find vulnerable
>> machines to hack. Same thing is happening here on my Road Runner
>> account. -- Jonathan
>
>Is there some ports I can shut down to stop the traffic?
>

no.  You can block incoming traffic to your PC, yes, but the block is
AFTER the cable modem gets it.  Your still going to have a lot of incoming
traffic through that.


Ted Mittelstaedt                                       tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:                           The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:                          http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com



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