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alwaysinasnit

(5,037 posts)
4. You're right. Sorry about that. I am referring to exploratory packets of data sent to check
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 11:11 PM
Jul 2018

vulnerability of entry points on your computer from your internet connection.

alwaysinasnit

(5,037 posts)
10. My anti-virus has been alerting me to these attacks. The thing that is troubling is that my software
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 11:18 PM
Jul 2018

has been showing that it is coming from a bunch of different computer ids.

RainCaster

(10,673 posts)
7. My firewall logs them, 50 or more a day.
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 11:16 PM
Jul 2018

If my crappy dsl connection was any faster, I would likely have more. I do block large geo IP blocks from China, NK RU and others. That seems to help.

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
8. I asked my kid
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 11:16 PM
Jul 2018

None of us would know what it was which makes me wonder why it was asked here.
Something about leaving the door open to Internet traffic and having more open than your security can cover and hackers get in. At least that's how I understood it.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
9. My servers are always receiving port scans.
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 11:17 PM
Jul 2018

I haven't noticed anything unusual. Just the normal 24/7 inundation I've had for years. No one gets in though.

To add: I limit the number of port requests within one second from the same ip address to 3. If that's exceeded the ip is tared (blocked) for 30 minutes. If it happens repeatedly the ip is blacklisted for 30 days. It seems to serve my purpose. I haven't experienced the "work around" to any concerning extent.

alwaysinasnit

(5,037 posts)
12. My concern is that these attacks have increased substantially in the last few weeks.
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 11:25 PM
Jul 2018

My software is blocking them but it is the increased activity and the many different computer IDs that these attacks are coming from that is unusual. Given the cyber shenanigans out there, would it be paranoid of me to think that any of this activity could be related to something other than the usual viruses out there?

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
15. Not paranoid at all.
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 11:38 PM
Jul 2018

It's the way of things these days. I just added an edit to my last post with some info. The port scans are sometimes from your own provider, many are legit requsts, sometimes from script kiddies, virus activity and many times from nefarious others in the form of bots. Most of my repeated scans are from Russia and China but the range of ips are vast.

As long as they are kept at bay, they aren't the worst type of intrusion. The worst are the ones let in by our own mistakes.

alwaysinasnit

(5,037 posts)
16. Thanks. It is a bit of relief to know that I haven't totally lost my marbles even though you have
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 11:45 PM
Jul 2018

opened my eyes to more sources of entry attempts.

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