Re: many port 4599 probes

From: Alan Wright (AlanJWrightat_private)
Date: Thu Oct 18 2001 - 15:29:19 PDT

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    4599 is an unassigned port according to the IANA ports list.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    At 19:59 17/10/2001 +0545, you wrote:
    >My ipchains log shows that I received 85 attempted udp connections to port
    >4599 in just over 3 minutes, apparently from a host calling itself
    >shtam017085.netvigator.com (208.139.101.85).
    >
    >The attempted connections came regularly every two seconds from
    >208.139.101.85:4599 -> my_address:4599
    >
    >ipchains is set to DENY rather than REJECT, perhaps accounting for the delay
    >between attempts.
    >
    >Does anyone have any idea what this might be/mean?
    >
    >Thanks for any help
    >
    >CP
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    All the best
    
    Alan
    
    
    
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