Re: why there are some sightless ports in my machine??

From: Colonel Flagg (colonel_flagg@NOSOUPFORJ00internetwarzone.org)
Date: 04/16/03


From: colonel_flagg@NOSOUPFORJ00internetwarzone.org (Colonel Flagg)
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 02:24:38 -0400

In article <b7ir1j$f8h$1@mail.cn99.com>, atu@166.com says...
> I check my machine with netstat -nap
> and only 22,25...etc, but I scan with
> another mechine by nmap, there are more "filtered"
> port 5800, 5900, 445, and I have no program
> using those ports! and I check netstat -nap,
> there are no such ports at all!!
>
> I use Redhat 7.2 latest update version
> and following is the result of nmap -v -v -sS -p 1-65535
>
> Port State Service
> 22/tcp open ssh
> 25/tcp open smtp
> 80/tcp open http
> 110/tcp open pop-3
> 443/tcp open https
> 445/tcp filtered microsoft-ds
> 1080/tcp open socks
> 5800/tcp filtered vnc-http
> 5900/tcp filtered vnc
> 9999/tcp open unknown
>
> and my nmap version is 3.00.
>
> what is the problem of my Redhat or weakness of nmap??
> I checked and scanned my Redhat 8.0 machines,
> they have no such "filtered" port,
> and I am sure I have not set a firewall
> between them and no ipchains or iptables.
>
> is it possible doings of a cracker??
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

There's several logical things that *could* cause this. To hypothesize a
bit, take an ISP's firewall/filter for instance, for some reason, they
could be running a filter for those ports, which a scan from an "out of
the subnet" box would reveal filtered ports.

Of course, there could be a rootkit installed, whereby netstat isn't
reporting what it should be. Try downloading a rootkit check package and
see if it shows any positive hits for a rootkit. Also, you may want to
scan another IP on the subnet, as a test to see if *something* is
filtering ports.

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