Guest gregchan Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 norton av 2007 keeps messaging me about intrusions from 2 IPs... 209.244.0.3, 53 & 209.244.0.4, 53 ... i have had close to 80 blocks in the past 2 weeks.any ideas on what these are? and what are portscans actually anyway? Quote
Guest siljaline Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 "gregchan" wrote: > norton av 2007 keeps messaging me about intrusions from 2 IPs... > > 209.244.0.3, 53 & > 209.244.0.4, 53 ... > > i have had close to 80 blocks in the past 2 weeks.any ideas on what these are? > and what are portscans actually anyway? Ask your software vendor. <http://www.symantec.com> Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP Security Tools Updates: http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Please reply to group, as return address is invalid that, we may all benefit. Quote
Guest Julián RodrÃguez Bajo Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 gregchan escribió: > norton av 2007 keeps messaging me about intrusions from 2 IPs... > > 209.244.0.3, 53 & > 209.244.0.4, 53 ... > > i have had close to 80 blocks in the past 2 weeks.any ideas on what these are? > and what are portscans actually anyway? > 209.244.0.3 is resolver1.level3.net 209.244.0.4 is resolver2.level3.net Both are DNS servers from Level3 Quote
Guest gregchan Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 stupid question...what is an DNS server and what are the RESOLVERS ?thanks! "Julián RodrÃguez Bajo" wrote: > gregchan escribió: > > norton av 2007 keeps messaging me about intrusions from 2 IPs... > > > > 209.244.0.3, 53 & > > 209.244.0.4, 53 ... > > > > i have had close to 80 blocks in the past 2 weeks.any ideas on what these are? > > and what are portscans actually anyway? > > > > 209.244.0.3 is resolver1.level3.net > 209.244.0.4 is resolver2.level3.net > > Both are DNS servers from Level3 > > Quote
Guest Julián RodrÃguez Bajo Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 gregchan escribió: > stupid question...what is an DNS server and what are the RESOLVERS ?thanks! > > "Julián RodrÃguez Bajo" wrote: > >> gregchan escribió: >>> norton av 2007 keeps messaging me about intrusions from 2 IPs... >>> >>> 209.244.0.3, 53 & >>> 209.244.0.4, 53 ... >>> >>> i have had close to 80 blocks in the past 2 weeks.any ideas on what these are? >>> and what are portscans actually anyway? >>> >> 209.244.0.3 is resolver1.level3.net >> 209.244.0.4 is resolver2.level3.net >> >> Both are DNS servers from Level3 >> >> > A DNS server is a server that translates domain names to IP addresses. Resolver1 and resolver3 are machine names in this case. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dns Quote
Guest James Matthews Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Trust Symantec to block everything you need :-) In the name of security -- http://www.goldwatches.com/ "Julián RodrÃguez Bajo" <julian.rodriguez@fedetec.es> wrote in message news:OjR2B810HHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > gregchan escribió: >> stupid question...what is an DNS server and what are the RESOLVERS >> ?thanks! >> >> "Julián RodrÃguez Bajo" wrote: >> >>> gregchan escribió: >>>> norton av 2007 keeps messaging me about intrusions from 2 IPs... >>>> >>>> 209.244.0.3, 53 & >>>> 209.244.0.4, 53 ... >>>> >>>> i have had close to 80 blocks in the past 2 weeks.any ideas on what >>>> these are? >>>> and what are portscans actually anyway? >>>> >>> 209.244.0.3 is resolver1.level3.net >>> 209.244.0.4 is resolver2.level3.net >>> >>> Both are DNS servers from Level3 >>> >>> >> > > A DNS server is a server that translates domain names to IP addresses. > Resolver1 and resolver3 are machine names in this case. > > More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dns > Quote
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