Dialing in again may or may not get you a different IP address. Depending on the DHCP setup being used your pc may just request (and likely get) the same address again. Is there a disconnect you can send to Gnutella to tell the other machine to "get lost"? Jim Starke wrote: > > Sara Brigid Gaffney wrote: > > > > I had my packet sniffer running on this solitary Windows PC but I > > wasn't on the net. Suddenly I noticed I was getting hit multiple > > times a second. They were coming from a range of sources but > > targeted one port, 6346. > > Possibly the previous person who had the IP Address that you were > assigned when you connected to your ISP was running Gnutella. It wasn't > a DoS but just the fallout of other computers thinking that you were > sharing files because they didn't know the previous user disconnected. > I'm presuming that you are assigned a dynamic ip address by your ISP. > > Normally disconnecting and dialing back into your ISP will fix the > problem because it will assign you a new ip address. > > -- > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. > http://www.jcsmall.com/homepage > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. > For more information on this free incident handling, management > and tracking system please see: > > http://aris.securityfocus.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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