Hello to everyone. This is my first post in this list and let me introduce myself. My name is Joaquin Durand. I've installed a PC with RedHat 7.2 in order to experiment and learn a little. I have little experience with unix systems. So far everything is OK with my RedHat server, I successfully installed IP Masquerade following the instructions in the "Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO" and I'm sharing my DSL with a Mac and a Windows PC. Since then, I'm getting constantly these in the messages log: Oct 7 20:59:16 Linolio kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=64.172.120.252 DST=200.67.218.219 LEN=78 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=113 ID=50988 PROTO=UDP SPT=1025 DPT=137 LEN=58 Oct 7 21:03:32 Linolio kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=61.99.136.75 DST=200.67.218.219 LEN=78 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=107 ID=63978 PROTO=UDP SPT=1027 DPT=137 LEN=58 Oct 7 21:04:46 Linolio kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=210.178.168.234 DST=200.67.218.219 LEN=78 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=106 ID=54964 PROTO=UDP SPT=1026 DPT=137 LEN=58 Oct 7 21:05:46 Linolio kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=210.221.225.151 DST=200.67.218.219 LEN=78 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=111 ID=6399 PROTO=UDP SPT=1026 DPT=137 LEN=58 Oct 7 21:06:05 Linolio kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=163.180.21.160 DST=200.67.218.219 LEN=78 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=106 ID=4819 PROTO=UDP SPT=1043 DPT=137 LEN=58 Also I get these in Apache's access_log: 218.4.59.220 - - [06/Oct/2002:22:44:49 -0600] "GET / default.ida?NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u90 90%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3%u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u00 78%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0" 400 352 pd9ebef87.dip.t-dialin.net - - [07/Oct/2002:00:54:18 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 ixde7561-90.pool.007mundo.com - - [07/Oct/2002:03:39:00 -0600] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 310 ixde7561-90.pool.007mundo.com - - [07/Oct/2002:03:39:02 -0600] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 308 ixde7561-90.pool.007mundo.com - - [07/Oct/2002:03:39:04 -0600] "GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 318 The origin IP changes all the time. I'm a little worried about the security of my server. It seems that somebody is trying to get access through the web server but using Windows commands :-D (hahaha) But my concern is about the messages log, I don't know how to interpret the log and I'm afraid that someone is trying to brake in. Could somebody guide me and tell me what to do in order to make sure my server is secure? Thank you very much. - Joaquin! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.