[TriLUG] Port Scans on your firewalls?

[johnm]

You DO have a firewall, right?
john mitchell

 > James Brigman wrote:

>Hey guys;
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>How's service for you guys with time warner cable in the Raleigh area?
>I'm having a little bit of trouble with port scans coming from a
>particular host. Here's what the log entry looks like:
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>Wed, 03/23/2005 13:53:05 - TCP connection dropped - Source:24.88.87.240,
>3307, WAN - Destination:24.88.248.163, 80, LAN - 'Possible Port Scan'
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>I'm getting lots of these all day long. Does 24.88.87.240 ring a bell
>with anyone? Are there any defensive measures I can take with a basic
>firmware firewall? Would rolling my own Linux firewall give me any good
>options for warding off these port scans?
>
>JKB
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