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Michael Thompson wrote: |
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> This IP 212.56.68.108 has been attempting to contact Port 161 UDP for |
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> Months. |
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Are you running SNMP on your box? Port 161 is SNMP, if you have it open |
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to the outside world, could it be collecting data - hence often connections? |
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> No when I try and run a NMAP scan against the box, I get my own logs filled |
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> with the NMAP Scan. It is like 212.56.68.108 is mirroring to my IP Space. |
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> And I dont Understand why! |
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> The connecting IP is in my ISP range, however it has no rDNS which the ISP |
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> would do according to their technical support. It maps back to |
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> hugeglobal.net |
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Contact your ISPs support department - see if they can help at all? |
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> I'm not entirely sure it is a customer's machine, even though it is within |
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> the ISP IP range. It's rDNS shows it is |
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> hugeglobal.net. |
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> The odd thing to me, is if one does a lookup on hugeglobal.net one gets |
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> 82.103.128.2 and the rDNS of that is |
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> e82-103-128-2s.easyspeedy.com |
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Possible the original hugeglobal.net machine has since changed ISPs but |
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the old IP has been re-assigned without the rDNS entry being changed? |
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> Not one of the local ISP I am using. |
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> Telnetting to the IP gives this: |
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> Telnet 212.56.68.108 connects giving... |
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> _ _ _ |
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> ___ | |_ _ __ _ __ ___ __ _ _ ()_ __ ___ __| | |
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> / _ \| __| '_ \ | '__/ _ \/ _` | | | | | '__/ _ \/ _` | |
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> | (_) | |_| |_) | | | | __/ (_| | |_| | | | | __/ (_| | |
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> \___/ \__| .__/ |_| \___|\__, |\__,_|_|_| \___|\__,_| |
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> |_| |_| |
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> If you do not have a CMN registered OTP device you |
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> will not be able to login. |
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> OTP USERS: THIS CONNECTION IS NOT ENCRYPTED, BE SMART |
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> larabee login: |
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> Any one got any ideas? |
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you could just try blackholing the IP at your firewall, or as i've |
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already mentioned - try and contact your ISP with all you know and see |
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if htey can shed any light on it - its possible a comprimised box. |
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Tim Igoe |
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tim@×××××××.uk |
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http://tim.igoe.me.uk - Personal Site |
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