Re: HTTP CONNECT attempts

[zeno <bugtraq () cgisecurity net>]

Often times irc networks check using CONNECT and try to connect back to localhost to see
if the connection worked. Sometimes (rarely) attackers will scan for open proxies. Connecting back
to localhost is less noticed then to say another system.

- zeno () cgisecurity com



> Morning,
>
> need an advice. I've got more them 20 "HTTP CONNECT" IDS alerts (BugTraq id 4131) 
> from 3 diff. sources for today and yesterday. Looks like some tool is out and people started to use it.
> The only problem is: I don't understand why people are trying to use port 80 to connect to port 443 (which is usually 
> open
> to a world in my case).
>
> Dmitri Smirnov, SSCP
> Security Team
>
>
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