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Subject: Re: ingreslock message
From: Eric Maiwald (emaiwaldFRED.NET)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 14:13:30 CST


On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Dino Amato wrote:
> I logged this:
> Mar 5 15:58:23 monitor tcplogd: ingreslock connection attempt from unknownsleipnir1.cs.ucl.ac.uk
> what does the ingreslock mean and what was this person trying to do?
> Thanks

The ingresslock port is 1524 (I think). It has been used recently
as a backdoor by some intruders. They add a line to inetd.conf to
accept connections on 1524.

This person may have been looking for systems that have been broken.

Eric

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