RE: Scanning from a "intruder.rs88.net"?

["James Friesen" <lucretia () telusplanet net>]

This is simply MS services trying to do name searches using WINS resolution.
Disable NetBIOS if you want to eliminate these messages.

It woule be nice if these packets could turn themselves off past the router.


> :> -----Original Message-----
> :> From: Simos Xenitellis [mailto:simos () pc96 ma rhbnc ac uk]
> :> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 4:39 PM
> :> To: Jason Lewis
> :> Cc: INCIDENTS () securityfocus com
> :> Subject: RE: Scanning from a "intruder.rs88.net"?
> :>
> :>
> :> On Sun, 27 May 2001, Jason Lewis wrote:
> :>
> :> > What is running on the machine these logs came from?  Web, DNS, FTP?
> :> >
> :> > Microsoft boxes attempt to connect via NetBIOS or do WINS
> :> lookups on servers
> :> > they are trying to use services on.  A windows box will try
> :> to connect on
> :> > port 137 if it is trying to access your web server.  I dump
> :> all that traffic
> :> > at my border router.
> :>
> :> It is not a WWW server.
> :> It appears to have ports 22 and 80 firewalled.
> :>
> :> simos
> :>