Lengthy probes of port 8500

From: Paul Gear (paulat_private)
Date: Wed Sep 05 2001 - 00:51:12 PDT

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    Has anyone seen probes like this in the last few days?  I've never
    seen them before, then last night i got more than 300 attempts in a
    little over 2 hours.
    
    Sep  4 18:53:39 xxx kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6
    a.a.30.66:1761 x.x.16.93:8500 L=48 S=0x00 I=65349 F=0x4000 T=117 SYN
    (#67)
    Sep  4 18:53:40 xxx kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6
    b.b.18.36:1039 x.x.16.93:8500 L=48 S=0x00 I=43805 F=0x4000 T=123 SYN
    (#67)
    Sep  4 18:53:42 xxx kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6
    a.a.30.66:1761 x.x.16.93:8500 L=48 S=0x00 I=65351 F=0x4000 T=117 SYN
    (#67)
    Sep  4 18:53:47 xxx kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6
    b.b.18.36:1039 x.x.16.93:8500 L=48 S=0x00 I=44317 F=0x4000 T=123 SYN
    (#67)
    Sep  4 18:53:48 xxx kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6
    a.a.30.66:1761 x.x.16.93:8500 L=48 S=0x00 I=65427 F=0x4000 T=117 SYN
    (#67)
    
    The scans came from 4 different IP addresses one of which also tried
    ports 15453 and 26138, and another which also tried port 20687.
    Another tried port 20687 without trying 8500.  The source addresses
    are from two different networks, but both are in the local
    geographical region.
    
    I wondered whether it was some sort of gaming or file sharing, where
    the initial setup is done via http to a central server and the
    subsequent connections are peer-to-peer.  However, none of the users
    wants to own up to doing anything (surprise, surprise ;-).
    
    Paul
    
    
    
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