Re: What is the best way to monitor and prevent port scans?

From: Alberto Garcia Baladia (AIDALAB9591_at_telefonica.net)
Date: 04/08/04


Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 22:41:26 +0200

Fr@nk wrote:

> Currently I have a dual-boot configuration with
> MS Windows XP on one HD and SuSE 9.0 on another HD.
> In windows XP I experience a lot of port scans and the firewall I use
> (Sygate Firewall Pro) alerts that ports are being scanned.
>
> How can I monitor any unwanted portscanning in SuSE 9.0
> and, more important, prevent such happening. I have SuSe Firewall2 active
> but cannot monitor any action happening in the background.
>
> Fr@nk

 Port Scan Attack Detector (PSAD) monitors port scans, sending the information
to your mail client as mail messages.If you decide to install it, you must
know that you are going to have your e-mail program full of messages of this
kind all the time.

http://www.cipherdyne.com/psad/

-- 
Alberto Garcia Baladia
Madrid (Spain)


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