"Mario Olimpio de Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One computer where I have Debian installed was scanned > recently. Someone probed several ports (~20), maybe trying to determine > the running OS (something like nmap does). > Do you think this *IS* an attack? I mean, should I report this > as *AN* attack?
I personally don't bother unless there's a pattern of scanning coming from a particular location. If you're on the net for any length of time it's a pretty frequent occurrence and if you tried to follow up on each of them you'd be spending a significant amount of time filing complaints. Gary
