Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 14:47:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Jay Nelson <jdn@acp.qiv.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connection attempts to port 7 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906131425340.801-100000@acp.qiv.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpzp24rony.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On 13 Jun 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: >If the source address is spoofed, it's not a connection attempt, but a >syn flood. Set up a firewall to drop connection attempts to all ports [snip] It doesn't appear to be a syn flood. The machine is firewalled and the refused connections, I don't think, reveal any more than necessary about the platform. I think the answer from Ed Porter probably explains what is happening, but glosses over the ramifications of the information gathered. I hate to be so suspicious, but this concerns me. Thanks for the reply. -- Jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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