Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 12:28:03 -0500
From: Chad Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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.
I admit I don't know what I'm talking about, but I suspect there is
software available that would allow you to use the 486 to monitor the
Pentium, if you hooked them up in parallel - maybe a simple communications
program would log everything. Then you could have the "fun" of figuring
out what is actually going on.
Boyd Ramsay
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