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From:Alan Buxey
Date:27 Jun 2001 at 10:31:06
Subject:Re: Internet Abuse and Port Hacks

hi,

> I am experiencing illegal ports opening via Miami. It's been happening

opening? or being accessed? if you dont have a service on a port - or
your firewall blocks it, then nothing can be done on that port.

> What is the best thing to do in the event of abuse? I have passed the
> logs onto my ISP and the ISP's of the hosts concerned, so hopefully
> I've done the right thing 8)

thats the right thing to do....but sometimes just innocent OS behaviour
can look like a portscan... eg someone with a windows machine with NetBIOS
etc enabled will be doing queries wthout even knowing

> Some networks administrator information is not listed on some
> networks. How do you go about looking them up?

*what* information do you need?

alan

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