Re: [Sheflug] Re: Security : Port scanning

[M <martin.sillence [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 8 May 2003 11:41:54 +0100
Richard Ibbotson <richard [at] sheflug.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> Lot of scanning going on from spoofed and falsified addresses.

Spoofing an adress for port scanning isn't likely to be of much
use as you can't see the results coming back or am I missing something?

I can see that portscaning from hijacked machines is likely though thats
not the same as spoofing...

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