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Re: comprehensive DNS scans from dao.andromedia.com
From: Kevin Hoadley <K.Hoadley () nosc ja net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 10:07:03 +0000
Is anyone else seeing DNS ("ls") scan/requests from dao.andromedia.com ? I have them blocked, but I'm curious as to what they are up to. I asked once, and they said that they were analyzing the dial-up IP addresses that were hitting their web pages -- but they are slowly going over hundreds and hundreds of domain names under our control.
Three weeks back dao.andromedia.com tried a web scan of every machine within one of our domains. When asked why, their initial response was that they were mistakenly trying to access an old University e-mail account within the UK. They then amended this to explain that they were checking everyone who hit their web site - the same excuse they gave you. However given the machines they tried talking to included both routers and ATM switches, this seems just a tad far-fetched ... I can't see that they did any damage, or generated enough junk traffic, for this to be a serious operational issue ... more educational perhaps. Kevin Hoadley, JANET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- comprehensive DNS scans from dao.andromedia.com Craig Nordin (Jan 28)
- Re: comprehensive DNS scans from dao.andromedia.com Kevin Hoadley (Jan 29)
- Re: comprehensive DNS scans from dao.andromedia.com Scott Call (Jan 29)
- Re: comprehensive DNS scans from dao.andromedia.com Scott Call (Jan 29)
- Re: comprehensive DNS scans from dao.andromedia.com Scott Call (Jan 29)
- Re: comprehensive DNS scans from dao.andromedia.com Kevin Hoadley (Jan 29)