Re: Scans from proxyprotector.com

[Charles Blackburn <charlesb () summerfield-technology co uk>]

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I too am getting at least 70 scans a day from this person, all socks and proxy port scan attempts. I will probably put 
a honey pot onto a port just to see what his next attempt will be.

regards
charles

On Sat, 17 May 2003 10:34:29 -0500
"Anthony Papaleo" <papaleo () ameritech net> wrote:

> This guy has scanned my system a dozen or so times in the last two
> days.
>
> He can't be legitimate: If he is supposedly a security professional,
> he would not perform scans of this type uninvited.
> My BlackIce PF calls this suspicious activity, "...TCP port probes
> directed at ports 3128, 8000, and 8080, which may indicate that an
> attacker is searching the system for a proxy server."

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