The computer was on the network.  It is just that the SMSC blocks the port in 
question to users who aren't of pre-approved IPs. As for smsbox being somehow 
started, I am the only one using that computer, and I haven't started it 
(smsbox) in at least two weeks.  Also, I never definately never configured any 
routing options.  And also, according to bearerbox logs nothing was sent.  All 
I see is it confirming its connection about every 5 minutes.  This doesn't at 
all account for the messages which were being sent every few seconds, according 
to SMSC.  (I'm not entirely convinced that there isn't some exaggeration on 
their part)

Thanks for your reply

J

From: Nikos Balkanas [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:45 AM
To: von Gunten-Hinke Jessica, SCS-NIT-NIO-SE-ISC; [email protected]
Subject: Re: smsc bombardment without smsbox running

Hi,

The only thing that I can think of, is that an *smsbox* (or SQLbox) got active 
somehow. I mean, you were sure that no network access was to the SMSc, and yet 
there was. How difficult would be to start smsbox? Propably someone needed to 
use it and enabled the network and smsbox.
The only configuration without smsbox that can enable that (provifed that 
network exists) are the reroute & reroute-smsc-id options in the smsc group.

These problems can best be diagnosed while still active, i.e. without 
rebooting/restarting application or server. To find out you need to look at the 
bearerbox logs (access +application) and see where bearerbox got SMS from.


BR,
Nikos
----- Original Message -----
From: 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 9:16 AM
Subject: smsc bombardment without smsbox running

Hi All,

I have a strange situation.

I set up kannel.  It was a functional setup but it was on a computer whose IP 
didn't have access to my SMSC's port.

Later I made the "real" setup on another computer and more or less abandoned 
the other.

Bearerbox remained set to start at boot on the original computer, but not 
smsbox.  The computer had been rebooted a number of times, so there is no 
reason to think smsbox was still running,since there was no one to turn start 
it.  Regardless the SMSC has called and said they are being bombarded with 
SMSs, which they are rejecting, which are originating from the original 
computer's IP.  I really don't understand how this could be, since smsbox 
wasn't started, and no one has tried to send SMSs from it.

Does anyone know of a scenario which could explain this, due to configurations 
otherwise?

TIA

J

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