Alex Venn wrote:
> It's probably port probing for various ports which can be trojans and
> suchlike. Depending on what software you're using this may or may not be
> serious. In general, DOS is completely safe, Win 16-bit very safe, Win
> 32-bit incredibly unsafe (without a firewall) and the Unix family vary
> with the competence or paranoia of the admin.
Thats what I am using on this computer...... "very unsafe" Win98!! I am
using Win3.11 on my 486, but I don't get online with it as much, plus it
only has a 2400bps modem. I'll have to see if I see unuasul activity
next time I connect with that computer.... I hope not.
> It's vaguely interesting to log such probes and, if you take umbrage,
> (it can get very irritating if the intensity reached denial of service
> levels, but that's not common) to try to shaft the prober by moaning at
> their ISP's admin. My experience is 99% with DOS (YAN flavour of KA9Q)
> and I do log probes, but such logging either needs to be built into the
> TCP stack or you need to be multitasking.
In Dos, on my 486, I use Nettamer and Arachne. Since Arachne uses an
external ppp connection would I be able to log probes? If so how? Just
so I don't start confusing people.... this 486 with Win3.11 isn't the
main problem computer, my Pentium class Win98 machine is.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
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