Re: Why are people trying to access UDP port?

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 12/02/02 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 18:59:00 -0500

"Brett" <br@centurytel.net> wrote in message
news:e9OrzCXmCHA.1412@tkmsftngp04...
> I get this message from Zone Alarm often:
>
> The firewall has blocked Internet access to your computer (NetBIOS Name)
> from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (UDP Port 1027).
>
> I these people aren't coming in from the HTTP over a web browser, what are
> they doing? Sending port sniffers?
>
> Why UDP?

I recommend using the free software at www.mynetwatchman.com or
www.dshield.com These tools can help you see whether these events are
related to hacking and automatically report the hacking to the hacker's ISP,
if it is warranted. 

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