RE: Port Scans

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:01:05 -0600

Hi Steve,
 
Hmmm. Interesting. Might be a nice tip. I'll see if I can replicate
that.
 
Thanks!
 
Tom
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From: Steve Lunn [mailto:Steve.Lunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:35 AM
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Subject: [isalist] RE: Port Scans


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Aha, I think I know what this is, as I encountered something similar 
using ISA2k. 

If you go to the properties of your Internet NIC, into TCP/IP Properties

and click the Advanced button. On the DNS tab at the bottom, there's 
an option "Register this connection's address in DNS". IIRC this is 
enabled by default, and the result is your external NIC trying to
register 
with the External DNS server. This in return initiates a barrage on 
incoming packets from the DNS server. 

By unchecking the box your server stops trying to register with the 
external DNS. While this might only stop the packet scans from the 
DNS Servers, it's one less alert to worry about. As Ara rightly says, 
lock your door, it's the world we live in. 

I get loads of users who have installed personal firewalls coming to 
me panicking about all the external attacks that their firewall has 
warned them of, so my usual reply is to be worried of the ones it 
doesn't warn you of... *evil* 

HTH 

Regards, 
  
Steve 
  
Steve Lunn - PC & Network Support 
Microsoft MCP 
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Ball, Dan [mailto:DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 16 March 2005 18:59 
To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] 
Subject: [isalist] RE: Port Scans 

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Depends on what IP the scanning is coming from.  For example, I just 
noticed a scanning alert today that said it was coming from the IP 
address of our ISP's DNS server.  If I block that, I will no longer be 
able to do DNS lookups. 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Paul Laudenslager [mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:54 
To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] 
Subject: [isalist] RE: Port Scans 

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I see continual port scans from my ISP where I host my servers. 

Is it possible to block these IP's altogether? 

Thanks! 
Paul 

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