Re: Out of my league.....

From: pordeus (pordeus_at_email.it)
Date: 01/09/04

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    Date: Fri,  9 Jan 2004 19:41:42 +0100
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    Someone is using the net send service, that uses net bios to find the user or the machine. Just this.
    Be cool =)
    Daniel Menezes
     
    > Ports 139 and 445 are used for Microsoft netbios. Here is more info:
    > http://grc.com/port_139.htm
    > http://grc.com/port_445.htm
    >
    > -Paul Kurczaba
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Jeff Johnson"
    > To:
    > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:16 PM
    > Subject: Out of my league.....
    >
    >
    > > Hello. My ignorance will be vivid here....
    > >
    > > I'm currently doing marketing at a small office, but, as I'm technically
    > > inclined enough to be dangerous, in my spare time do the IS support as
    > well.
    > > They had an outside consultant set up the system, and he had done other
    > > setups/management when needed, but, is no longer available. He'd set up
    > the
    > > network with a Symantec VPN/Firewall appliance as the external gateway,
    > but
    > > had opened up ports to a server inside the network which is currently
    > > hosting the email server (Xmail), DNS, as well as a simple web app to do
    > > web-mail checking for employees from the outside. Also opened ports for
    > > ssl, termserver, ftp, smtp, and pop3, and another port for remote admin.
    > >
    > > Looked a bit insecure for me when I noticed it, so, I installed ZoneAlarm
    > on
    > > this server inside the network, which is currently working. Plans are to
    > > move the web serving onto another server which will be put into a DMZ.
    > After
    > > noticing these open ports, I also decided to pay more attention to the
    > > firewall logs, and noticed not just the normal external port scan attack
    > > blocks, but also that a couple of computers, including the company server,
    > > are attempting to access outside IPs using closed port calls (therefore,
    > the
    > > firewall catches and logs them). These blocks come with the message Block
    > > host "" internet access, and are typically using ports 139 & 445. Looked
    > > suspicious, so, I ran an fport scan on the server, and it did show ports
    > 139
    > > & 445 open, but, shows that the Pid is 8 (the system).....Also did some
    > > ethereal scan of the network, and it does show that the server is trying
    > to
    > > access this specific external ip address.
    > >
    > > My question is (kudos if you've patiently read everything so far), how do
    > I
    > > find out what this process is that is trying to do these accesses, or am I
    > > being overly paranoid. As you can most likely tell from this, I'm not the
    > > most technically adept IT support person, so, I'd also appreciate
    > > references/suggestions on materials to help me out here.
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance to all.
    > >
    > > Jeff
    > >
    > >
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    Daniel Pordeus Menezes
    Analista de Sistemas
    Petrobras - cp37

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