Internet assigned numbers authority?

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  1. Detox

    Detox Retired Moderator

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    Not sure this is the right section of forum but here goes... Move if not plz ;-)

    I am getting UDP incoming attempts on port 68 CONSTANTLY for the past couple days, seems to be increasing in frequency, from IP 10.33.96.1 which when backtraced shows no path but direct, and whois in Sygate Personal Firewall says this is the "Internet assigned numbers authority" in Marina Del Ray, California. I seem to recall some time back getting some similar activity from the same "authority" name but with a street address in Netherlands somewhere...

    edited to add this - sometimes this ip attempts to ping me, at which time the "destination" shows my actual IP... Of course that's ICMP, but all the UDP attempts show destination IP as 255.255.255.255

    Anyway, anyone know what this is about? Or is it more likely someone spoofing??
     
  2. snowy

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    Detox

    mentioned this in a reply to Mike (were you posted about the chiclet )

    strange...very strange that others are not reporting it also.......perhaps their firewallso_O

    snowman

    oh..the url is correct....not spoofed
     
  3. JacK

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    Hi,

    Nobody involved but you :)

    Communication between :67 et :68 are due to DHCP.
    10.33.96.1 non portable IP, address of one of your NIC

    Rgds,

    JacK
     
  4. snowy

    snowy Guest

    Jack

    just for my person information please.....a few days ago I blocked port 68 udp inbound and re-routed outbound to myself.....have not noticed an ill effects but would appreciate your opinion if possible.

    thank you

    snowman
     
  5. snowy

    snowy Guest

    Jack

    I've located an answer.....no need for a reply...thank you just the same


    snowman
     
  6. Prince_Serendip

    Prince_Serendip Registered Member

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    Hi Detox! You could get set up with D-Shield so you can start finding out what all your alerts are on your Firewall Logs. Here's the link. It's free and private/secure.

    http://www.dshield.org/index.html

    They also have Whois, Port Lookups, etc. It does not matter which Firewall you use to be able to make reports.

    IMO, based on my experience via D-Shield, UDP alerts are very low priority, not dangerous. ;)

    BTW, to find out about the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority go to this link (I'm a member of ISOC. "Internet Society of Course!" LOL.) https://www.isoc.org/internet/infrastructure/
     
  7. Detox

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    Jack, may I ask what DHCP iso_O
     
  8. Paul Wilders

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    Detox,

    The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an Internet protocol for automating the configuration of computers that use TCP/IP. DHCP can be used to automatically assign IP addresses, to deliver TCP/IP stack configuration parameters such as the subnet mask and default router, and to provide other configuration information such as the addresses for printer, time and news servers.

    regards.

    paul
     
  9. Detox

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    Hm, could it be related to my recent IP change? I'm on cable... this is the second time my IP has changed in 2 years or so.
     
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