Re: Possible security problem?

Simon Slavin <slavins.delete.these.four.words@hearsay.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 28/07/2005, Alex wrote in message <dcacqn$kh2$2@oheron.kent.ac.uk>:
>
> > NormanM wrote:
> > > My money is on, "Yes". UDP to port 1026; and my router logs are filled
> > > with incoming UDP packets to port 1026. I have always suspected Windows
> > > Messenger Service spam. Can you find a way to examine those packets?
> > > Are there Mac packet sniffers?
> >
> > Ethereal - http://www.ethereal.com
> >
> > Works under most UNIXes (including OS X) and Windows.
>
> You don't even need that. 'tcpdump' will do it. It's complicated to
> use but can do everything, including monitoring only packets from/to
> specific ports. Use 'man tcpdump' for more info.

That, and don't bother looking at the packets. A waste of time.
Received on Thu Sep 29 19:59:53 2005