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[ILUG] Detecting a port scan attempt on my machine.

[ILUG] Detecting a port scan attempt on my machine.

John P . Looney john at antefacto.com
Wed Mar 7 19:26:52 GMT 2001


On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 07:19:00PM +0000, Smelly Pooh mentioned:
> Basically I reckon that although Port Sentry has the odd nice idea, good
> enough for a home user who reboots his machine often but is afraid of being
> port scanned, but you'd be an idiot to do any more with it

 Did you have a look at snort ? It seems to be more professional looking -
though it took me a good while to make up a config I was happy with. And
then it generates far too much info - about 30 perceived crack attempts a
week!

Kate

-- 
 When I say 'free', I mean 'free': free from bond, of chain or command: 
to go where you will, even to Mordor, Saruman, if you desire. " 
    -- Gandalf, paraphrasing the choice between Free and Non-free software




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