Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:50:02 +0000
Antony Gelberg <antony@antgel.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 03:43:15PM -0600, Rthoreau wrote:
> > Hello: fellow Debian users
> >
> > I was going over my router logs and noticed that I am getting port
> > scanned from my ISP, this has been happening for a while but I
> > haven't had the time to look into it untill now. I did a basic
> > whois on the IP address and they show that it is my ISP, the
> > destination is a DNS server that belongs to my ISP.
> >
>
> Looks like a ping (ICMP type 8). Where do you get port scanning from?
> FWIW, I think that blocking pings via a firewall isn't recommended,
> but not sure why.
>
> A
You also get helpstaff at ISPs keeping you talking on line, while they
play games because they've learnt a little bit, and are bored out of
their skulls.
This has happened to me. He let too much slip in the conversation while
he was playing. Script kiddies.
Regards,
David.
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