[oclug] Is this a port scan?

[Tom Goulet]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:38:21AM -0400, Lafleur Maurice wrote:
>Apr  9 16:34:01 myhost portmap[7519]: connect from 24.176.42.218 to
>getport(status): request from unauthorized host 

Looks like typical skript kiddie background noise (probably looking for
an exploitable portmap).

>It this what people refer to as a "port scan"? I receive a couple of
>them a week. 

A port scan is when one tries many ports to see what is open, that is
just one port, so "no".

TomG
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