full-disclosure - Really ODD 12 byte UDP attempts

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Message-ID: <20050829074612.724eb208@homebox.slave-tothe-box.net>
Date: Mon Aug 29 14:44:19 2005
From: jlay at slave-tothe-box.net (James Lay)
Subject: Really ODD 12 byte UDP attempts

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:44:25 -0400
Michael Hale <michael.hale@...il.com> wrote:

> I agree - Unix style traceroute probably responsible. See:
> 
> http://www.tech-faq.com/unix-windows-traceroute.shtml 
> 
> On 8/28/05, Blue Boar <BlueBoar@...evco.com> wrote:
> > James Lay wrote:
> > > Aug 28 06:57:01 kernel: New,invalid SRC=64.94.45.26
> > > DST=24.116.255.102 LEN=32 PROTO=UDP SPT=11050 DPT=33440 LEN=12
> > 
> > Most likely someone is just tracerouting to your IP.  Grab the
> > actual packets, and check the TTLs to be sure.
> > 
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Ya...this is what it was alright....every swinging one has a TTL of 1
or 2.  Nice to know that there are so many out there tracerouting
me :D  Thanks for the quick and easy answer.

James