comp.security.firewalls archive
Re: Attempt to scan ports
From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <usenet-2006@planetcobalt.net>
Date: Mon Mar 13 2006 - 21:46:43 CET
Date: Mon Mar 13 2006 - 21:46:43 CET
Mike wrote:
> My firewall notified me that it blocked an attempt to scan TCP ports.
> It listed the port numbers such as 1382, 1391, 1399 etc. The attempted
> scan came from us.i1.yimg.com. What if anything can I do to the scan
> attempt?
Well, one thing you can do is ignore it. If you don't have services
listening on those ports there's nothing to get worked up about.
cu
59cobalt
-- "All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches becoming available." --Jason Coombs on BugtraqReceived on Mon May 1 00:57:07 2006