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[bernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (bernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)]

Herman Knief tapped away at the keyboard with:

> "S.Toms" wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 May 2000, Farrell, Thom wrote:
> > tf> :Anyone know what people are trying when they try to connect to port 137?
> > tf>
> > tf> You may want to check out the thread that starts here:
> > tf> http://www.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/1999-September/006064.html
> > tf>
> >
> >   Isn't port 137 used for identing, typically when connecting to IRC.

> Ports 137, 138 and 139 are used by NetBIOS for name resolution and smb
> services... you've got Windows boxes trying to "browse" your system.

For more information, please visit the CERT web page. Look at the
section on port scans and their known exploits.

        http://www.cert.org


-- 
Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning
Perth, Western Australia

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