Security Incidents: Re: many port 4599 probes

[Alan Wright <AlanJWright () manx net>]

4599 is an unassigned port according to the IANA ports list.












At 19:59 17/10/2001 +0545, you wrote:
> My ipchains log shows that I received 85 attempted udp connections to port
> 4599 in just over 3 minutes, apparently from a host calling itself
> shtam017085.netvigator.com (208.139.101.85).
>
> The attempted connections came regularly every two seconds from
> 208.139.101.85:4599 -> my_address:4599
>
> ipchains is set to DENY rather than REJECT, perhaps accounting for the delay
> between attempts.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what this might be/mean?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> CP
>
>
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All the best

Alan



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