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bkg442
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      08-11-2007, 07:47 PM

I got this message from my firewall today. What does it mean? I tried
the port links but i dont really understand them so any help would be
nice

Your computer's UDP ports:
33446, 33447, 33448, and 33450 have been
scanned from.......


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David Fairbrother
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      08-12-2007, 04:33 AM
bkg442 wrote:
> I got this message from my firewall today. What does it mean? I tried
> the port links but i dont really understand them so any help would be
> nice
>
> Your computer's UDP ports:
> 33446, 33447, 33448, and 33450 have been
> scanned from.......
>
>


It means somebody has portscanned you and found a few high ports, simple
as that. If they're stealthed or closed, then you have nothing to worry
about.
Perfectly legal practice, which is why we have firewalls.

 
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