AOL Servers Probing ???

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Date: 07/30/05

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:16:27 -0400

    Hello,

    I've been getting a number of hits on Port 80 from AOL Servers and
    Proxies even without a Browser open.

    Since they are not tied to an App Rule they are Blocked and they hit
    some other Ports too, sometimes as high as 60,000.

    Why are they Banging my Http Ports (80 and 1080) and ramdom Ports from
    5000-80,000????

    Since I'm Dial-up I'm not the Target but this IP Block must be.

    The one's between 5000-60,000 are rare and I don't worry about them but
    it seems they are AOL Servers or Proxie Servers most of the time and not
    Users.

    And I'm not talking about when I first go online with Dial-up where
    someone else could have had the IP and I'm getting their Returns.

    This example is not from a server but I had cleared my Log yesterday
    after some Security Scans to check my Firewall so it's all I have right now.

    Rule "Default Block HTTP Port 80" blocked (compaq,http). Details:
    Inbound TCP connection
    Local address,service is (compaq,http)
    Remote address,service is (172.165.17.222,2122)
    Process name is "N/A"

    In Local Address; compaq is another way this computer lists localhost,
    127.0.0.1.

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