Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-30 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Wednesday, November 29, brian moore did write: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 05:38:12PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > > Well, they can be. Connections to TCP ports 137, 138, and 139 are part of > > Windows file- and printer-sharing. I don't know all that much about how > > SMB works, but

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:06:28 PST, brian moore writes: >> So, if you happen to be on a network (like, say, a cable modem local loop) >> with some Windows PCs that have file/print sharing turned on, these may not >> represent a security problem. (Well, for *you*, anyway.) > >Or if you happen to be o

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-29 Thread brian moore
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 05:38:12PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > > Well, they can be. Connections to TCP ports 137, 138, and 139 are part of > Windows file- and printer-sharing. I don't know all that much about how > SMB works, but I'm fairly sure there are broadcasts to these ports > involved,

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-29 Thread sena
On 28/11/2000 at 23:07 -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > pretty cool prog. ive caught many things using it. its not very well > known so it may not be on freshmeat.net .. > > if you want a copy of it i can try to dig up the source or the url for > it, email me direct. .. > scandetd (and another progs

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-29 Thread Nate Amsden
Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi, > > 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 thi

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-29 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:35:46 +0100, Philipp Schulte writes: >"Show me the ISP that is willing to take these steps because of a >portscanning script-kiddie. kpnqwest.at for example ;-) t-online.de is another one, they take something like that pretty serious in the meantime. >It just doesn't mak

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-29 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 01:56:57AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Philipp Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > >>>On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:35:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Philipp Schulte wrote: > >But what kind of pressure can $your_provider put on a portscanner > >>

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-29 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:21:30 +0100, Philipp Schulte writes: >On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 11:02:52PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: >> But unauthorized use of ressources is, as is unauthorized altering. And >> the preparation of illegal tasks (as which I would clearly define >> port-scanning) is also

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread kmself
on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 01:56:57AM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Philipp Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > >>>On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:35:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Philipp Schulte wrote: > >But what kind of pressure can $your_provider put on

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Colin Watson
Philipp Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >>>On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:35:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: Philipp Schulte wrote: >But what kind of pressure can $your_provider put on a portscanner >from $evil_provider? Domain-level blocking of...mail, news, DNS

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
My $0.02, report to $scanners_isp and cc $your_isp Provide facts and logs do not make wild accusations or ranting speaches, in my experience people who do so are almost always wrong :) Like writing me about how their ISP told them ai.mit.edu what the place to write to about some thing from 133.

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Tuesday, November 28, Damian Menscher did write: > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Pollywog wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:40:09 -0200 (EDT), Mario Olimpio de Menezes said: > > > > > One computer where I have Debian installed was scanned > > > recently. Someone probed several ports (~20), maybe

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 11:02:52PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:03:08 +0100, Philipp Schulte writes: > >On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:35:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > >> > But what kind of pressure can $your_provider put on a portscanner from > >> > $evil_pr

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 01:24:15PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 10:03:08PM +0100, Philipp Schulte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:35:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > > > But what kind of pressure can $your_provider put

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 08:38:43PM +, Pollywog wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:18:34 +0100, Philipp Schulte said: > > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 09:04:20PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > > > > > >Shouldn't this be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? > > > > > > No, $yourproviders complaint is _muc

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:14:47 GMT, Pollywog writes: >On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:07:15 +0100, Robert Waldner said: > >> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:59:04 GMT, Pollywog writes: >> >I usually do not report attempts to connect to single ports. >> >> Me neither, except special ports like ftp, linuxconf, netbu

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:03:08 +0100, Philipp Schulte writes: >On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:35:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > >> > But what kind of pressure can $your_provider put on a portscanner from >> > $evil_provider? >> > Phil >> >> Domain-level blocking of...mail, news, DNS > >

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Pollywog
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:18:34 +0100, Philipp Schulte said: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 09:04:20PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > > > >Shouldn't this be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? > > > > No, $yourproviders complaint is _much_ more likely to be taken > > seriously by $attackers_provider (and it ca

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Pollywog
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:07:15 +0100, Robert Waldner said: > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:59:04 GMT, Pollywog writes: > >I usually do not report attempts to connect to single ports. > > Me neither, except special ports like ftp, linuxconf, netbus, where > nobody at no fscking time has anything to l

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread kmself
on Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 10:03:08PM +0100, Philipp Schulte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:35:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > But what kind of pressure can $your_provider put on a portscanner from > > > $evil_provider? > > > Phil > > > > Domain-level bloc

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:35:27PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > But what kind of pressure can $your_provider put on a portscanner from > > $evil_provider? > > Phil > > Domain-level blocking of...mail, news, DNS Show me the ISP that is willing to take these steps because of a port

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread kmself
on Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 09:18:34PM +0100, Philipp Schulte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 09:04:20PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > > > >Shouldn't this be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? > > > > No, $yourproviders complaint is _much_ more likely to be taken > > seriously by $attacker

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:18:34 +0100, Philipp Schulte writes: >On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 09:04:20PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > >> >Shouldn't this be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? >> >> No, $yourproviders complaint is _much_ more likely to be taken >> seriously by $attackers_provider (and it can save you

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 09:04:20PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > >Shouldn't this be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? > > No, $yourproviders complaint is _much_ more likely to be taken > seriously by $attackers_provider (and it can save you from a lot of > embarassment if you´d misjudge something). > > I

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:48:40 +0100, Philipp Schulte writes: >Do you live in the USA? How do ISPs handle customers who portscan? >I know that in Germany most big ISPs don't give a what their >customers are scanning. Then .at seems somewhat different from the rest of the german-speaking world.

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:23:34 GMT, Pollywog writes: >> Of course, a connection to a single port on a single machine is probably >> just some idiot who mistyped an IP address > >exactly, and I don't want to cause trouble needlessly. In my experience, when this is the case, people just say that

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:59:04 GMT, Pollywog writes: >I usually do not report attempts to connect to single ports. Me neither, except special ports like ftp, linuxconf, netbus, where nobody at no fscking time has anything to look for for a good&valid reason. &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Netw

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:24:02 -0200, Mario Olimpio de Menezes writes: >On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Robert Waldner wrote: > >> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:40:09 -0200, Mario Olimpio de Menezes writes: >> >One computer where I have Debian installed was scanned >> >recently. Someone probed several ports (~20),

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:13:58 +0100, Philipp Schulte writes: >On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 06:00:16PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: >> > I mean, should I report this >> >as *AN* attack? >> >> yes. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > >Shouldn't this be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? No, $yourproviders complaint is _much_ more

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 04:59:04PM +, Pollywog wrote: > If someone scans several ports, I usually do report it to their ISP, > sending them log excerpts that include the time they occurred and also my > time zone as reported by my computer. The ISP would probably warn the > customer and even

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Pollywog
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:15:39 -0600 (CST), Damian Menscher said: > > I usually do not report attempts to connect to single ports. > > You might want to keep in mind that scans of all ports are often just > general curiosity about what kind of stuff a computer is being used for, > while scans

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Damian Menscher
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Pollywog wrote: > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:40:09 -0200 (EDT), Mario Olimpio de Menezes said: > > > 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 doe

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:40:09 -0200, Mario Olimpio de Menezes 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).

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Pollywog
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:40:09 -0200 (EDT), Mario Olimpio de Menezes said: > > Hi, > > 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

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 06:00:16PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:40:09 -0200, Mario Olimpio de Menezes writes: > > One computer where I have Debian installed was scanned > >recently. Someone probed several ports (~20), maybe trying to determine > >the running OS (somet

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On 28 Nov 2000 09:58:02 MST, "Gary Hennigan" writes: >"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). >>

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:40:09 -0200, Mario Olimpio de Menezes 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? scanni

Re: OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Gary Hennigan
"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 rep

OT: port scan

2000-11-28 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi, 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? []s, Mario