nickmart Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hi,For the last week or so, someone has been scanning my UDP ports at least once a day. Sygate Firewall says that all scans have come from the same remote MAC address (but different IP addresses). Should I be concerned or worried?I am running Windows XP Pro. with Service Pack 2 (all updates), McAfee Virus Scan ver. 8.0 (all updates), and Sygate Firewall ver. 5.6, with cable internet access. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearskin Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 well I don't think there's any way to stop people from scanning your ports but as long as your firewall is stopping them don't worry about it. your firewall is doing it's job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickmart Posted August 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 well I don't think there's any way to stop people from scanning your ports but as long as your firewall is stopping them don't worry about it. your firewall is doing it's job.Okay. Thanks Bearskin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Just an additional assurance: The bored morons (Borons?) out there run programs that scan addresses automatically, they're not "targeting" you in particular. And yeah, your firewall is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing: Stopping them cold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dBTelos Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 If you have a router, it is likely stopping them also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pierce Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Having a router does nothing. Now if you have a router with NAT enabled, then that definatly helps.NAT was a great security invention that happened as a by product of CISCO trying to find a solution for running out of IPv4 addresses.For the port scanning, theres people with botnets that scan an entire ip range 3 times a day for certain vunrabilities, oh joy.Pierce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dBTelos Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 (edited) Having a router does nothing. Now if you have a router with NAT enabled, then that definatly helps.NAT was a great security invention that happened as a by product of CISCO trying to find a solution for running out of IPv4 addresses.For the port scanning, theres people with botnets that scan an entire ip range 3 times a day for certain vunrabilities, oh joy.PierceThats what I ment. Edited August 20, 2006 by dBTelos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickmart Posted August 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Thank you all for the reassurance. I am currently not behind a router because I didn't think the added security benefits was worth spending the money for router when I only have one computer. I never knew that some people actually scan entire IP ranges for vunerabilities. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fatso913 Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 You should be fine! As long as there is a firewall that is active, There should be nothing to worry about. :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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