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Re: [PLUG] portmap and other things
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On 06 Mar 2001 16:34:26 -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> also sprach Michael Leone (on Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:36:16PM -0500):
> > No; posrtsentry monitors for port scans. If it sees one, it drops the route
> > back to that host. Effectively black-holing all further communications from
> > the scanning host. Bad for @Home people, since @Home has a stated policy of
> > scanning your host every so often, looking for illegal services.
>
> ooooooh. nice. is this black-holing permanent or only for like 3 hours
> or configurable or what?
The offending IP is put into a portsentry.blocked file. AFAIK, the file
stays there, until you remove it (i.e., it is not cleared when the
program first loads up). You can also add hosts that are always ignored
when scanning (such as the @Home scanners mentioned above).
Nice program.
>
> martin
>
> [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@ !#:1:s@\@@@.net
> --
> echo Prpv a\'rfg cnf har cvcr | tr Pacfghnrvp Cnpstuaeic
>
>
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