Re: scan log

[xm () GEEKMAFIA DYNIP COM (Ex Machina)]

It might be noted that the connection is originating from TCP port 20, the
FTP data port and is likely an FTP bounce scan as described by Hobbit and
implimented in nmap.

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On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Paul Rogers wrote:

> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:02:46 +0100
> From: Paul Rogers <paul.rogers () MIS-CDS COM>
> To: INCIDENTS () SECURITYFOCUS COM
> Subject: Re: scan log
>
> Hi,
>
> TCP port 2638 is the default port for Sybase's Adaptive Server Anywhere
> version 6.x Database Server software. I think you'll find that the scanner
> was looking for an active Sybase database server on your system.
>
> HTH,
>
> Paul Rogers,
> Network Security Analyst.
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> MIS Corporate Defence Solutions Limited
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Gribov [mailto:mgribov () KPLAB COM]
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 4:31 AM
> To: INCIDENTS () SECURITYFOCUS COM
> Subject: scan log
>
>
> this are logs of a port scan i have recently recieved on one of my
> machines. i searched for those ports in all known port databases to me,
> but couldnt find anything. why would someone scan that specific range
> (observe the precise inrementation) of ports on a linux machine?
>
> Jun 11 22:20:21 mordor scanlogd: From 209.3.31.70:20 to 151.202.106.23
> ports 2632, 2633, 2634, 2635, 2636, 2637, 2638, 2639, 2640, ..., flags
> ??r??u, TOS 00, TTL 60, started at 22:20:13
>
>
> --
> Max Gribov
> System Administrator
>
> Knowledge Propulsion Laboratories
> www.kplab.com
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