Re: [TCLUG:11306] Mediaone & bootpc

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

you can do what I do, ipchains off everything below 1024 except for ssh :)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Steve Siegfried wrote:

> Dave Erickson wrote:
> > 
> > Steve Siegfried wrote:
> > > 
> > > Gang,
> > > 
> > > I just switched from Mediaone's one-way cable to their two way service and
> > > have encountered a couple of "interesting" phenomonia.
> > > 
> > > Mediaone's two-way service hands out IP addresses via dhcp.  I use tcpwrappers
> > > and, about every 10 minutes while I'm "connected", I'm seeing 4 successive
> > > attempts to connect to my machine using bootpc (one about every 4 seconds)
> > > from the next machine up the traceroute tree.  Like, what's the deal with
> > > that?
> > > 
> > > Secondly, I use "usernet" to manage ip connections while on-line.  How come
> > > I can _only_ connect to Mediaone via dhcp if I fire up the connection during
> > > booting, but not via usernet?
> > > 
> > > Obviously, not a networking wizard'idly,
> > > 
> > > -S
> > 
> > The two way is an "always on" connection, why would you want to take it
> > down or up with usernet? 
> 
> Mostly because I also use Skypoint and want to switch between 'em, but also
> because since I've had the two-way service (3 days), I've been port scanned
> 3 times, unsuccessfully telnet'ed to twice, etc, etc.  The script kiddies
> seem to view Mediaone as fertile ground.
> 
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