Re: Trojan horse Scans

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From: nickd@nospam.demon.co.uk
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:56:40 GMT

Xian <c.salway@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Do you know the IP address of the abuser. You could always warn people in
> this newsgroup to that address.

Depending on how sensitive ZoneAlarm is, it might be a faked connection
anyway.

The system being used to attack you may be in the control of a malicious
third party, so highlighting the source IP won't do the target or the owner
of the source IP any favours.

The address may be dynamically allocated, either short term or long term.

With all due respect, the original poster may be making up the complaint in
the first place.

It might be Xian executing more unauthorised, half arsed pen-tests.

Naming and shaming in a forum as this, on the basis of such unreliable
information, is *not* a good idea.

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