[linux-help] Re: Port 18593 attacks

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I wasn't suggesting that your help isn't valued... simply that he already
had provided the requested information.


----- Original Message -----
From: "ironrose" <ironrose@xxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 8:56 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Port 18593 attacks


> Let me remind you....I am telling the group what the Security person at
> Cox said to do...it isn't my idea...do whatever you want with the
> information.  I was just trying to help and apparently my help isn't
> valued.  ~Anne
>
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> >>Sandy asked if you were able to determine who is port scanning you or
> >>what isp they are using.  If it is one of cox's customers, then she
> >>needs to find out and cox will go after them, suspending their service
> >
> >
> > Well he pasted several IPs.  It should be easy for anyone at Cox (or
> > anywhere at all, for that matter) to determine if they are Cox
customers.
> >
> > I looked up just a few here:
> >
> > 24.167.87.199    cs2416787-199.houston.rr.com
> > 24.167.68.48    cs2416768-48.houston.rr.com
> > 68.113.250.214    c68.113.250.214.ona.wi.charter.com
> > 68.47.163.14    pcp01626435pcs.westk01.tn.comcast.net
> >
> > A superficial observation suggests that these four IPs are from Texas,
> > Texas, Wisconsin, and Tennesee, respectively, and are not customers of
Cox.
> >
> >
> >
> >>send them to abuse@xxxxxxx.  Apparently asking people to be nice on the
> >>internet doesn't work, going after them legally (if enough evidence can
> >>be gathered and presented in court) is going to be the only way to stop
> >>the deviant computer users.  ~Anne
> >
> >
> > That's assuming these ARE deviant computer users.  A more likely
explanation
> > is generally a virus/trojan-infected computer, as I suggested in an
earlier
> > e-mail.
> >
> > -- Jonathan
> >
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