Being port-scanned : is there any relief?
I run a small personal server. I know getting port-scanned is 'normal' and apparently can't be stopped, but I wish it wouldn't bog down my server so much. As I write, I am being port scanned; Kerio is showing up to 200 UDP ports open and close in sequence, in quick succession. Other uses can hardly access the server. I think my DNS server is the bottleneck.
Any tips for easing the situation?
Thanks!
My details:
PC is Athlon 800MHz 512GB RAM Win98SE (I know, not the best choice!)
Server is Apache 1.3.31 (new version!)
DNS server is Posadis 0.60.4
Kerio Mail Server 5.7.9
Running Perl, PHP, and MySQL
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eBlush_Hector posted this at 18:25 — 12th May 2004.
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setup a firewall to block all ports except 80.
Ideally, you setup a small router (Linksys) to do the blocking. It will still slow down the access pipe, but not as much.
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