Thanks

I will contact the SMSC.

I don't know if this makes any difference, but....

The test setup is on the same computer I use to ssh into the "real" setup, 
which has a different IP but is on the same subnet.  I was sending SMSs from 
the "real" setup, but about two a day, and that is evident in those logs, 
nothing near a message ever few seconds.  I can't imagine how this would affect 
anything, but maybe you all have some ideas.

Thanks
J

From: Nikos Balkanas [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:06 AM
To: Benaiad; von Gunten-Hinke Jessica, SCS-NIT-NIO-SE-ISC
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: smsc bombardment without smsbox running

Nice! Smart guess. However, if J's bearerbox shows no SMS sent, that bbox 
didn't send them.

@jessika:

I would contact my SMSc. Seems it was their mistake leaving the ports open to 
the old box. Maybe they are mistaken again about the IP address and it is the 
new box. Even more could be the 2 boxes are NATed to the same IP.

If all these fail, get a from/to field from one of these offending messages, 
and try to match (access logs) from which bbox it originated, because it 
doesn't seem that your original bbox sent them.

BR,
Nikos

----- Original Message -----
From: Benaiad<mailto:[email protected]>
To: 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: smsc bombardment without smsbox running

Maybe you've set "bearerbox-host" in the sms-group and it was pointing to the 
old machine.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:09 AM, 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
 wrote:

The computer was on the network.Β  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.Β  Also, I never definately never configured any 
routing options.Β  And also, according to bearerbox logs nothing was sent.Β  
All I see is it confirming its connection about every 5 minutes.Β  This doesn't 
at all account for the messages which were being sent every few seconds, 
according to SMSC.Β  (I'm not entirely convinced that there isn't some 
exaggeration on their part)

Β

Thanks for your reply

Β

J

Β

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

Β

Hi,

Β

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.

Β

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

Β

Β

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

Β

Hi All,

Β

I have a strange situation.

Β

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

Β

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

Β

Bearerbox remained set to start at boot on the original computer, but not 
smsbox.Β  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.Β  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.Β  I really don't understand how this could be, since smsbox 
wasn't started, and no one has tried to send SMSs from it.

Β

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

Β

TIA

Β

J

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