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| message from Sandi on 04 Apr 2005 |
I am on NTL. What exactly is incoming IP address 80.7.172.78 trying
to do?
Sandi
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| buzzbomb replied to Sandi on 04 Apr 2005 |
Do you have the port number 80.7.172.78 is trying to connect to ?
Without that its only possible to make wild guesses as to what its
trying to do. As to whether or not to let it through - don't!!
B.
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| Sandi replied to buzzbomb on 04 Apr 2005 |
<news:AP74e.8750$pA6.2482@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>
Don't have the port numbers. They are no longer in the logs.
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| buzzbomb replied to Sandi on 04 Apr 2005 |
With no port number it could be anything from a deliberate malicious
crack attempt, to a trojan on the other guys machine to some P2P app
attempting to connect to an old cached address.
As a general rule NEVER allow anything to connect to you computer unless
you know what it it, where/who it comes from and are expecting it.
B.
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| Brax replied to Sandi on 4 Apr 2005 |
80.7.172.78 traced to: cpc1-seve3-3-0-cust78.popl.cable.ntl.com
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| cw replied to Brax on 04 Apr 2005 |
Looks like just another customer machine so no point in letting it
through.
If everything is working fine then there's no need to open your computer
up.
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| David Wade replied to cw on 5 Apr 2005 |
Unless you are running a P2P package such as KazaLite, Morpheus, WinMX or
using an IP telepony service, or running some kind of server, but in general
for web surfing, POP e-mail, usenet news etc you don't need allow in bound
connects.
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