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Old 03-20-2009
find application that are scanning the network

Hi,

I got a alert from network security that one of hpux server is running tcp port scan on the network, this server is running informix server and i am not aware of any application that is scanning the network. what are ways to findout the which application and user is doing the scan?
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Old 03-23-2009
When it comes to network, I always think of "netstat".
Example from my workstation :
Code:
[root@work:~] $ netstat -na | grep -i estab
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
tcp        0      0 10.192.6.666 :) :52237       64.12.104.181:5190      ESTABLISHED

I see that I have connection to this -> 64.12.104.181 IP address.
Then I would do :
Code:
root:~ # lsof |grep 64.12.104.18

Output information may be incomplete.
pidgin     3839  sysgate   17u     IPv4     215250      0t0        TCP my.host.com:52237->64.12.104.181:aol (ESTABLISHED)

I see the user, I see the PID. I see that this is my IM client also :)
If you are suspicious about running network scanners, look at the connected users, their history files, and log files as well.
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