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SYN/ACK to port 53
From: "DeCamp, Paul" <PDeCamp () MedManageSystems com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 11:33:28 -0700
OK, this is beginning to drive me nuts. Since about February of this year, our firewall has been periodically hit with what can only be a probe, attack, whatever to port 53. Every time the scan exhibits the same behavior and is from the same set of IP addresses. A SYN/ACK packet is sent to TCP port 53. No SYN was sent from our system. The SYN & ACK sequence numbers appear to be random, but the ACK is always 1 less than the SYN. Our system responds with a RST to the ACK. I have searched books, the Internet (SANS, SecuityFocus, etc.), and while I have found other reports of somewhat-simlar activity, I have to this day found no coherent explanation as to what this is. Based on the SYN/ACK numbers, this is obviously some sort of malformed packet, but to what purpose? To spoof our system into thinking that it has sent a SYN when it hasn't? Is it a type of SYN flood? To hijack a port on our system? A scan for some trojan? Any assistance would be appreciated, and better yet, any advice as to where on the Internet is a good location for looking up such obviously abnormal activity and what possible explanations may be. Thanks. ------------------ Paul DeCamp, IT Operations Lead MedManage Systems Inc. Voice: (425) 354-2212 E-Mail: PDeCamp () medmanagesystems com
Current thread:
- SYN/ACK to port 53 DeCamp, Paul (May 24)
- Re: SYN/ACK to port 53 Daniel Martin (May 25)
- Re: SYN/ACK to port 53 Ryan Russell (May 25)
- RE: SYN/ACK to port 53 Golden_Eternity (May 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: SYN/ACK to port 53 Bill_Royds (May 25)
- RE: SYN/ACK to port 53 Steve Halligan (May 25)
- RE: SYN/ACK to port 53 DeCamp, Paul (May 25)
- RE: SYN/ACK to port 53 Keith.Morgan (May 25)