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Re: [cobalt-security] port 1080
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] port 1080
- From: "Stephen Rice" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:53:13 -0000
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
Kai wrote:
> What can this be, and is there some exploit regarding port 1080, lately it
> seems that scans to port 1080 is getting more normal than the never ending
> scans to port 111.
>
> Do anybody now something about this?
Try http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=port+1080+vulnerability
I know that SOCKS proxies use port 1080, and often these are insecure,
allowing other people to take advantage of them. It looks like there are a
few other things that hang around on that port too.
Cheers
Stephen