That is standard behavior for IRC servers as this one is. Port 1080 and 8080 are used for proxying (1080 for Winproxy, 8080 for HTTP) and servers running these proxies are often misused be people trying to attack IRC hosts by hiding true origin. General IRC policy is to not allow users coming from hosts running proxies, so the automatically scan any IP attempting to connect. In this instance, this is a sign of good security, not hacking. Bill Royds System Administrator, CHIN ph: (819) 994-1200 X 239 "Grimes, Shawn (NIA/IRP)" <GrimesShat_private> 11/30/01 10:14 AM To: incidentsat_private cc: (bcc: Bill Royds/HullOttawa/PCH/CA) Subject: Proxy Scans to dail up hosts... I notice in my snort logs that I have a box: 193.109.122.5 (proxyscan.undernet.org) That is connecting to some of our dial-up hosts and performing FYN scans on 1080 & 8080 (proxies). Has anyone else seen similar activity? Thank You, Shawn Grimes Computer Specialist NCTS - Gerontology Research Center 410-558-8007 grimesshat_private ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Sat Dec 01 2001 - 13:45:43 PST