Re: Port Scans coming from my IP

From: Lars M. Hansen (badnews_at_hansenonline.net)
Date: 10/29/03


Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:35:40 GMT

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:50:51 -0600, Rollin 4 Eva spoketh

>I work as an ASP programmer working at a small company. The hosting company
>I work with has Black Ice Server on their servers and apparently there are
>port scans on the server originating from my IP address here at work. I
>don't know what else I can do to prevent my system from being compromised.
>We don't have a hardware firewall at work so I use Sygate Personal Firewall
>on my Windows 2003 Server box. I've got Norton Antivirus scheduled to
>update virus definitions and scan daily on my box. I don't know what else I
>can do to secure my machine. Are there any special configurations in Sygate
>I can make to lock it down further. Any help/advice is appreciated.
>Thanks.
>
>Rollin
>

Without knowing what ports are being scanned, any answer would just be a
wild guess...

Lars M. Hansen
www.hansenonline.net



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