Attempted port scan from IP address 73.105.102.121.

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dawnfromarlington Posts 1 Registration date Saturday September 26, 2015 Status Member Last seen September 26, 2015 - Sep 26, 2015 at 10:35 AM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Sep 26, 2015 at 12:58 PM
I received a notification that there was an attempted port scan from IP address 73.105.102.121. I don't know that IP address. Does anyone have an idea what this is all about?


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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,827
Sep 26, 2015 at 12:58 PM
A port scan is a series of messages sent by someone attempting to break into a computer to learn which computer network services, each associated with a "well-known" port number, the computer provides. Port scanning, a favorite approach of computer cracker, gives the assailant an idea where to probe for weaknesses. Essentially, a port scan consists of sending a message to each port, one at a time. The kind of response received indicates whether the port is used and can therefore be probed for weakness.
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