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Subject: Protocol probes
From: Rob Sansom <sansom @ connectix . com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 14:48:42 -0700
To: <firewalls @ greatcircle . com>

For the past few days, I have been getting these in my logs:


denied 5 141.2.28.188 -> 204.247.159.244, 1 packet
denied 2 141.2.28.188 -> 204.247.159.244, 1 packet
denied 2 141.2.28.188 -> 204.247.159.244, 6 packets
denied 2 141.2.28.188 -> 204.247.159.244, 2 packets
denied 10 141.2.28.188 -> 204.247.159.244, 1 packet
denied 2 141.2.28.188 -> 204.247.159.244, 3 packets
denied 7 141.2.28.160 -> 204.247.159.244, 1 packet
denied 15 141.2.28.160 -> 204.247.159.244, 1 packet
denied 0 141.2.28.160 -> 204.247.159.244, 1 packet
denied 7 141.2.28.160 -> 204.247.159.244, 1 packet
denied 13 141.2.28.160 -> 204.247.159.244, 1 packet

After a bit of research, I have decided that this is a protocol probe.  
If I read RFC 1700 right:

     0                 Reserved                              [JBP]
     1     ICMP        Internet Control Message       [RFC792,JBP]
     2     IGMP        Internet Group Management     [RFC1112,JBP]
     3     GGP         Gateway-to-Gateway              [RFC823,MB]
     4     IP          IP in IP (encasulation)               [JBP]
     5     ST          Stream                 [RFC1190,IEN119,JWF]
     6     TCP         Transmission Control           [RFC793,JBP]
     7     UCL         UCL                                    [PK]
     8     EGP         Exterior Gateway Protocol     [RFC888,DLM1]
     9     IGP         any private interior gateway          [JBP]
    10     BBN-RCC-MON BBN RCC Monitoring                    [SGC]
    11     NVP-II      Network Voice Protocol         [RFC741,SC3]
    12     PUP         PUP                             [PUP,XEROX]
    13     ARGUS       ARGUS                                [RWS4]
    14     EMCON       EMCON                                 [BN7]
    15     XNET        Cross Net Debugger            [IEN158,JFH2]
    16     CHAOS       Chaos                                 [NC3]

Someone is trying to see what sort of protocols might get past my router. 
 Am I totally off base?  Has anyone had experience with this before?

Here are some more goodies

141.2.28.188    = dialin188.rz.uni-frankfurt.de
141.2.28.160    = dialin160.rz.uni-frankfurt.de
204.247.159.244 = www.connectix.com

I see no reason (other than foul play), why terminal servers would wan't 
to send this stuff to our web server.  What's ARGUS anyway?

Thanks in advance,



Rob Sansom
Network Admin.
Connectix Corp
(415) 638-7398
sansom @
 connectix .
 com


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