AW: Windows XP computer spewing packets

[Meidinger Chris <chris.meidinger () badenit de>]

18 packets / sec when each port is being opened (meaning not in an ongoing
TCP Connection, but for example in a port scan) is a good average

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Von: Dave [mailto:david.morris () curvalue nl]
Gesendet: Monday, August 04, 2003 9:59 AM
An: security-basics () securityfocus com
Betreff: Re: Windows XP computer spewing packets


Hi,
      Yes 10^12 packets is a bit high. In one day (quickly checking 
calculator) there are only 86400 seconds. Do a quick sum and find that your 
system is supposedly sending out over 11,000,000 packets a second average. 
Now there is some hardware that could deal with that - but I do not think 
that a laptop could possibly do this (someone correct me if I am wrong ?).
Or 
even 11,000.

So first check your packet totals. I do not think that it they can be 
correct. 

Best Regards,
                Dave

On Friday 01 August 2003 18:06, robe0341 () qwest net wrote:
> One of the employees here has a Windows laptop, and in the last day, it
has
> sent out over 1,000,000,000,000 packets, and received around 30,000. The
> 30,000 is a standard load, but the trillion packets seem to be a bit high.

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