Pursuant to my previous post, I just rec'd this. Not exactly the same, but very similar. Kind of my point; SO WHAT THAT THIS PERSON WAS SCANNED? Is scanning actually an illegal activity? Was anything actually hacked, cracked, or 0wn3d? It's an absurd waste of resources to be emailed by automagic systems every time someone sends a stray packet. -- Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, alex@nac.net, latency, Al Reuben -- -- Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net -- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 04:50:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Super-User <root@xx.xx.net> To: "dnsadmin@NAC.NET" <dnsadmin@NAC.NET> Subject: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx ### This email was generated by so-and-so Canada's network intrusion detection system. Please forward to your Internet security personnel if you are not the appropriate person to receive this notice. so-and-so Canada, located in Calgary, Alberta Canada, wishes to inform you that we experienced a probe or scan from your IP space. LOGGED INFORMATION: -------------------------- Source: 209.123.x.229 Destination: Host-x.x.19.254 Date: 26Oct2001 Time: 4:50:23 (Local Calgary Time GMT-7) Service/Protocol: http -------------------------- This notification has been sent to: alex@NAC.NET dnsadmin@NAC.NET abuse@NAC.NET Because we view this activity as possible intent to breach security, we ask you to review your logs and take appropriate action against the offending party responsible for this suspicious activity. Please respond to xx@xx.net for any issues concerning this. You may also visit our Intrusion Detection Information website at: http://x.x.19.11/intrusion_detection Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim bleh Senior Unix Network Analyst xxx Canada Calgary, AB Canada (403) xxx-yyyy