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Old 28-01-2004, 11:08   #3
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Re: 127.0.0.1
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Originally Posted by altis
Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:41:21 GMT+0000 Unrecognized access from 127.0.0.1:80 to TCP port 1143
Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:00:34 GMT+0000 Unrecognized access from 127.0.0.1:80 to TCP port 1787
These are malicious probes where the source IP address has been "spoofed": deliberately set to a false value, something other than the true sender. Certain NAT routers can be compromised by such incoming packets, because they construct a reply to themselves, 127.0.0.1.
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