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Re: UDP port 137 Question
From: Bryce Ryan <brycer () organic com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:36:41 -0800 (PST)
My mailer says that Melody Yoon said:
Hi Jon. If memory serves, Netbios nameservices are generally only on the same segment unless you have an NT/Samba server somewhere... As it is, it should *NOT* be directed at your Unix boxes and definately not coming across the Internet. My guess is that someone may be attempting a bad OOB data attack on port 137 thinking that your Unix box is some type of PC.
who was it that said, "never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity?" we run a web farm and see requests directed at port 137 all the time on the web sites we host. i don't know for certain, but i assume it is some sort of internet explorer "feature" that is attempting to establish a CIFS connection to the web site. we ignore them anyway. -- === bryce ryan ============ organic ======== brycer () organic com ========= ==== director =========== information ===== http://www.organic.com/ ====== == /etc/networks ========== services === v:415.278.5652#f:415.284.6891 ===
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- UDP port 137 Question C. Jon Larsen (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Dalvenjah FoxFire (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Eric Germann (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question C. Jon Larsen (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Eric Germann (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Charles Sprickman (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Steve Carter (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Melody Yoon (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Bryce Ryan (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Melody Yoon (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Rick H. Wesson (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question DAVE NORDLUND (Jan 08)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question James Stephens (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Bryce Ryan (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Dalvenjah FoxFire (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question DAVE NORDLUND (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Eric Germann (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question DAVE NORDLUND (Jan 08)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Eric Germann (Jan 06)
- Re: UDP port 137 Question Henry Linneweh (Jan 07)
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