Bruno David Sim�es Rodrigues wrote: > Citando "Andy Elacion, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I have installed kannel on SuSE Linux. I also configured SuSE's > > Firewall feature and close all ports except for the ports that kannel > > uses and it is also in a private network. In short I configured kannel > > on a secured server. > > > > It is running fine for at leat a year now, without a problem. Until > > today. Here's the what we encountered. > > > > Our kannel stops receiving incoming transaction from our local telco. > > We traceroute and ping to the telco's SMS Server and we were able to get > > a reply ( though kannel do not receive transaction ). We called the > > telco's Firewall Administrator and discuss to him our problem. > > According to him our server is port scanning their Server, thus Firewall > > drops our connection. > > > > My question is this. Can Kannel do a port scan if it do not receive > > transaction? > > No, it won't.
Glad to read that. > OffTopic in a kannel list, but have you configured you Suse to run portsentry or > any other portscaner daemon ? No. I did not install any portscanner daemon on the server. But, granting that it has portscanner. Can kannel run it? My kannel was compiled and run by an ordinary user and not root. > I remember that portsentry opens some honeypot ports and when anyone else > connects to those ports, portsentry will could reply back, probably with its own > portscan. Yes, your right. > > > > > > Thank you very much, > > Andy > > > > > > > > -- > <BR/>
