>From: Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] inbound connection attempt gets past hw firewall
>Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:24:39 -0400 (EDT)
>
>On Mon, 23 May 2005, Sick Twist wrote:
>
> > My home linux box is hooked up to a Linksys BEFSR41 which is behind a
> > Linksys RT31P2. I noticed that Firestarter detected and blocked an
>inbound
> > connection attempt on port 40379. It appears as though this attempt got
> > past the hardware firewall on the RT31P2. I have a few ports being
> > forwarded on the hw firewall but 40379 is not one of them. Am I missing
> > something?
>
>The caller is ON YOUR LAN! GET OUT!
>
>--
>-eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
I don't understand. Do you mean the intruder is on a local PC? It's just a
small home network in my apartment. Only two computers are running at the
moment (my linux box and a windows 2000 box).
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