RE: Portscan 2 question

[Joe Giles <jgiles () joeman1 com>]

Wheew... I though I was hacked or something. I thought some one was
using my server as a proxy to scan other networks :-P

I'm not sure how to alleviate this problem, but maybe the Snort guru's
can figure it out :)

Thanks

Joe

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 11:46, Hicks, John wrote:
> I'm noticing the same thing after instaling 1.9 on a Web Server. It seems to
> detect my $HOME_NET address replying to multiple web requests on various
> ephemeral ports as a portscan. any thoughts on how to control this? I tried
> the ignorehosts to no avail :(
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Giles [mailto:jgiles () joeman1 com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:23 PM
> To: Snort-List
> Subject: [Snort-users] Portscan 2 question
>
>
> I have a weird problem with 2 entries in my ACID database. Apparently,
> my server did a port scan on a remote machine. The problem is that no
> one here initiated a port scan. The database lists my server IP as the
> source and lists a dest IP. This is listed as a spp_portscan2. Does the
> new snort scan other machines on the Internet? I don't want any issues
> with other services because they think I'm port scanning their network.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
>
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