Re: Is this friend or foe?

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From: Peter Kirby
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:00

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COB wrote in message <0PHUmAAH+RG5Ew6P@colbrien.demon.co.uk>...

><---start of log entry
>This one time, the user has chosen to "block" communications.  Details:
>Inbound UDP packet
>Local address,service is (my machine)


This line probably had the port number.. That would help people decide what
they were trying to access.

>Remote address,service is (195.99.53.125,60000)
>Process name is "N/A"
>-------end of log entry-->
>
>The IP address comes from BTinternet's dynamic pool. Was this a probe,
>and should I be complaining to abuse@BTinternet? What would the 'prober'
>have been trying to achieve?


If I showed you the logfile for 1 days activity on our leased line firewall
it would scare you. There are little hacking kiddies out there. At least you
have protection!

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Date: 2000/05/10
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