Re: rogue IP address

[Jeff Harris <jharris () rallycentral us>]

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On Fri, 2 May 2003, Duston Sickler wrote:

|Did LANguard give you a MAC address of the offending NIC?  If so you can
|look for the station that way if you have documented them.  You could also
|send an Administrative email out to all users specifying how to locate the
|MAC address on  the OS they run and have them email you back.  When you find
|the MAC you have your user.
|
|Good luck,
|
|Duston Sickler
|----- Original Message -----
|From: "Dave" <david.morris () curvalue nl>
|To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
|Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 2:48 AM
|Subject: Re: rogue IP address
|
|
|Hi,
|I know it is not scientific, and probably offends some people but it does
|work. (For up to a few hundred ports).
|
|/Dave
|
|On Thursday 01 May 2003 00:40, dondon () pacbell net wrote:
|> Someone on our network assigned an IP address to their own system without
|> my knowledge.  Using LANguard network scanner, the best I can tell is that
|> it's a Linux box.  The port-to-IP mapping table on our Asante switch
|> doesn't see to work correctly.
|>
|> Any suggestions on tracing down that system that is associated with the IP
|> is appreciated!
|>
|> Andy
|>

Depending on the size of your company, it might be more effective to use
some social engineering to get rid of the offending box. Put the word out
that you're beginning the IT inventory check, and that techs will be
checking each piece of equipment to make sure that it's where it's
supposed to be. Hopefully the machine will disappear, and you can use
changes in log files to identify the location of the offending host.

In the meantime, make sure you have a company policy memo about
"appropriate resources of company property," and lock down your firewalls
and routers. If you're lucky, you just might find the offending box,
realize that it doesn't have a property sticker, and confiscate it,
pending investigation.

Jeff

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