Re: unused ports, firewall, and trojanhorse
From: Robert Moir (maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk)
Date: 07/28/02
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From: "Robert Moir" <maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:21:05 +0100
"rasuli" <sikivu77@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> i use Norton Firewall. i have been alerted that someone
> is trying to get into my computer through an unused port.
> There are several hundred attempts a day.
Do you have a (small) sample you could post here? Just reply with a few
representative lines from the firewall logs, to this post, and you'll get a
few people looking at them for you I guess.
> This has been
> going on for months. Will this person eventually get
> through?
Well if its an organised attack its curious and worrying they'd keep trying
to hack a ordinary workstation... have you been boasting in the local bars
about having a map to untold wealth on your computer? Seriously, it might be
helpful to think about why someone would keep trying...
As for eventually getting through.. well a firewall either detects and stops
a probe or it does not. It's not like constant use wears a hole in it.
> is there something i can do to stop this?
Impossible to say without more information. If you are certain that this is
a directed attack, from one person (or an organised group working together)
then have you considered complaining to their ISP? Asking yours for advice?
> Would
> the Norton System Works provide any added protection, if i
> could use it? I have Microsoft Millenium Edition (ME).
I'm sure the adverts would have you believe that it would help but like i
say, a firewall either stops a probe or it does not. If your firewall is
catching this stuff then another firewall would not do a better job of
stopping it. This is something that either works or doesn't work, and it
sounds like your current setup works.
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