Distributed Scanning?

[measl () MFN ORG (Missouri FreeNet Administration)]

We started getting what looks like a distributed scan today:

Jan 6 22:31:29 140 Deny ICMP:11.0 209.162.216.1 204.238.179.0 in via vx3
Jan 6 22:33:24 140 Deny ICMP:11.0 168.126.240.254 204.238.179.0 in via vx3
Jan 6 22:39:39 140 Deny ICMP:11.0 216.32.51.146 204.238.179.0 in via vx3
Jan 6 22:41:48 140 Deny ICMP:11.0 209.54.61.1 204.238.179.0 in via vx3
Jan 6 22:43:27 140 Deny ICMP:11.0 209.222.97.1 204.238.179.0 in via vx3
Jan 6 22:45:29 140 Deny ICMP:11.0 168.126.240.254 204.238.179.0 in via vx3

Pay attention to the timings: each almost a perfect 2 minutes apart.
I have yet to "snoop" into these addresses, but I will post results when
known.  As an aside: I find it curious that this scan (if thats what it
is) chose the subnet base address as a target: unless they are looking for
*ancient* stacks to act as amplifiers, this just doesn't appear to be a
very "stealthy" was to do things.  Anyone know different?

Yours,
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin () mfn org

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If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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