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OS: XP Home Edition with latest critical updates, but not complete SP2 Firewalls: Linksys BEFS41 router (hardware), XP's native firewall, and Trend Micro's Internet Security 2004's firewall Antivirus: Trend Micro's Internet Security 2004 AV Questions: How does one interpret entries in pfirewall.log? Is an attempt to do so even necessary? Is there an easier approach? Here's a few lines from pfirewall.log: #Verson: 1.0 #Software: Microsoft Internet Connection Firewall #Time Format: Local #Fields: date time action protocol src-ip dst-ip src-port dst-port size tcpflags tcpsyn tcpack tcpwin icmptype icmpcode info 2004-08-12 21:52:37 OPEN UDP 192.168.1.100 151.202.0.85 3017 53 - - - - - - - - 2004-08-12 21:52:38 OPEN UDP 192.168.1.100 151.203.0.85 3017 53 - - - - - - - - 2004-08-12 21:53:20 OPEN TCP 192.168.1.100 212.227.118.106 3889 80 - - - - - - - - 2004-08-12 21:53:33 CLOSE TCP 192.168.1.100 212.227.118.106 3889 80 - - - - - - - - Is there a way to figure out who, say, 151.202.0.85 is, or is it even necessary? I've attempted to use some web-based security checks such as GRC and Sygate to assess potential vulnerabilities, which report that all but ports 80 & 113 are stealthed, but I'm not sure how to interpret their results since I'm behind a router. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. |
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Ummagumma wrote on 17-Aug-2004 7:21 PM:
> > Questions: > How does one interpret entries in pfirewall.log? Is an > attempt to do so even necessary? Is there an easier > approach? > http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...?kbid=875357#12 will give you a definition of each log line entry. -- Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security |
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