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that's whoever's

been scanning your firewall

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bananaman, Mon 2 Jun 2003, 20:28, archived)

mabe he's a fellow b3tan?

212.159.93.151/tim/

(joshwa ultra lurker, Mon 2 Jun 2003, 20:29, archived)

It's me

And whenever I see anybody post their home connection IP address, ANYWHERE, I scan it and let them know of any obvious problems.

You will also see from the scans that they're SYN scans only and I never, ever attempt to connect().

I help out with a number of tech forums, and you wouldn't believe the number of people that just hook up a PC to the 'net on broadband and leave it WIDE open.

I assure you, nothing malicious intended, just a health check.

(Brian Blessed, Mon 2 Jun 2003, 20:38, archived)

wow! thanks for letting me know.

did you find anything?
//edit what about all the other people on the forum who probably don't even have a firewall?
//edit2 - do you recommend a firewall (like zonealarm) on my webserver as well? (see profile for network diagram)

(joshwa ultra lurker, Mon 2 Jun 2003, 20:38, archived)

You can do it yourself and see the results

Click Me Sonny!

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partychancer, Mon 2 Jun 2003, 20:47, archived)

thanks very much :)

(joshwa ultra lurker, Mon 2 Jun 2003, 20:56, archived)

No probs

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partychancer, Mon 2 Jun 2003, 20:58, archived)

Odd

I thought I'd already replied to this, but it has disappeared...

No, nothing there - you look pretty safe.

One obvious comment - lots of "closed" ports, rather than "stealth". Don't know what firewallage you have, don't post details here!!!

I didn't do a full 1-65535 port scan, so my results are incomplete.

Go to grc.com and look for "shields up" to test yourself too.

Best regards,

Bern

(Brian Blessed, Mon 2 Jun 2003, 21:09, archived)