Re: Packets originating at port 23

From: Jason Potopa (jpotopaat_private)
Date: Fri Apr 27 2001 - 01:27:21 PDT

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    "Bobby, Paul" wrote:
    
    > I've been seeing quite a few packets that originate from the Internet on
    > port 23. The traffic is always destined to port 3072 on my boxes in my dmz.
    >
    > I have only seen 30-35 such packets in the last month, and unfortunately
    > have not yet caught them on my sniffer, although they have registered in my
    > router and firewall logs.
    >
    > What is interesting is that the destination IP of all these packets do not
    > exist; yes they belong to me, but there are no physical devices with these
    > IP addresses.
    >
    > Anyone seen anything like it?
    >
    > -----------------
    > Paul Bobby
    > <dream> Got Root? </dream>
    
    Yes, it is most likely a synflood against the people that appear to be sending
    the traffic.  If you were able to capture the packet date, you would see
    syn-acks.
    
    
    --
    Jason Potopa
    Lead Internet Security Engineer, Qwest Communications
    
    jpotopaat_private
    



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