portscans ???

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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?
 
"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>

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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
 
stupid question...what is an DNS server and what are the RESOLVERS ?thanks!

"Julián Rodríguez 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
>
>
 
gregchan escribió:
> stupid question...what is an DNS server and what are the RESOLVERS ?thanks!
>
> "Julián Rodríguez 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
 
Trust Symantec to block everything you need :-) In the name of security

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"Julián Rodríguez Bajo" <julian.rodriguez@fedetec.es> wrote in message
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> gregchan escribió:
>> stupid question...what is an DNS server and what are the RESOLVERS
>> ?thanks!
>>
>> "Julián Rodríguez 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
>
 
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