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Re: very strange scan patterns


From: ejovi () EJOVI NET (Ejovi Nuwere)
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:02:30 -0400


Most routers/firewalls will prevent spoofing of internal addresses coming
from an external interface. Since if seems to be coming from two or
three specific machines I wouldn't rule out the idea of those machines
having been comprised.

What do the probing machines have in common? Same os? Same switch?

e.

It looks like a probe (perhaps using nmap with the -sS option
to spoof the source address) - port 23 gets noticed sinced it's obviously
wrappered.  Unless it is some sort of host "bouncing/reflecting" from the
real attacker
to hosts "ourdomain" back to hosts to magpie and kefti.
Can anyone explain this apparent activity or know the signature for this
attack?
Thanks
Joe



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