Hi Scott ,
Glad to see your knowledge sharing. Now, please let me know if you still
have concerns.
Have a good day.
Best regards,
Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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>>From: "Scott Townsend" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>References: <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>>Subject: Re: 'system' is generating TCP Packets, who, what, where?
>>Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:57:31 -0700
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>>
>>Found ProcExp from SysInternals, then looked at the System Process
>>Properties, there is a TCP/IP tab
>>then every 6-7 seconds the TCp Connection would show up. I did a stack
trace
>>on it and came up with:
>>
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0xa3d9
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0x95063
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0x982a8
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0xa62d3
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0xa63a2
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0xa63e5
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0x699f
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0xc577
>>RpshSi.sys+0x59822
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0x9603c
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0xb3b5
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0x9d128
>>ntoskrnl.exe+0x18c81
>>
>>
>>RpshSi.sys is part of COMTROL, a Serial to TCP/IP Device. The RpshSi.sys
>>Device Driver was installed on both machines trying to communicate to the
>>Serial to TCP/IP Device.
>>
>>thanks!
>>
>>"Karl Levinson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:u%(E-Mail Removed).. .
>>> That is difficult and may not be feasible.
>>>
>>> "Scott Townsend" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> My PIX Firewall is picking up a few machine in my network that are
>>>> sending TCP Packets to a non-existant host across one of our WAN
Links.
>>>> They packets are one way and are about 6-7 seconds apart. I've
included
>>>> a decoded copy of the packet bing sent.
>>>>
>>>> When I use the SysInternals TDIMON.exe to look to see who is
generating
>>>> the traffic, It is the Process 'System:4'
>>>> System:4 89ECE8A0 TDI_CONNECT TCP:0.0.0.0:1025 10.12.0.10:4606 TIMEOUT
>>>>
>>>> How can I find out what is really causing the TCP Packets.
>>>>
>>>> One machine is a WinXP SP2, the other is a Win2003 SP2 running
Terminal
>>>> Services.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Scott<-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Packet Info
>>>>
>>>> Flags: 0x00
>>>>
>>>> Status: 0x00
>>>>
>>>> Packet Length: 66
>>>>
>>>> Timestamp: 11:12:00.655613 05/25/2006
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet Header
>>>>
>>>> Destination: 00:09:7C:F7:16:E0
>>>>
>>>> Source: 00:11:25:6B:A9:F1
>>>>
>>>> Protocol Type: 0x0800 IP
>>>>
>>>> IP Header - Internet Protocol Datagram
>>>>
>>>> Version: 4
>>>>
>>>> Header Length: 5 (20 bytes)
>>>>
>>>> Type of Service: %00000000
>>>>
>>>> 000. .... Precedence: Routine
>>>>
>>>> ...0 .... Normal Delay
>>>>
>>>> .... 0... Normal Throughput
>>>>
>>>> .... .0.. Normal Reliability
>>>>
>>>> .... ..0. ECT bit - transport protocol will
ignore
>>>> the CE bit
>>>>
>>>> .... ...0 CE bit - no congestion
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Total Length: 48
>>>>
>>>> Identifier: 25485
>>>>
>>>> Fragmentation Flags: %010
>>>>
>>>> 0.. Reserved
>>>>
>>>> .1. Do Not Fragment
>>>>
>>>> ..0 Last Fragment
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fragment Offset: 0 (0 bytes)
>>>>
>>>> Time To Live: 128
>>>>
>>>> Protocol: 6 TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
>>>>
>>>> Header Checksum: 0x829F
>>>>
>>>> Source IP Address: 10.1.0.133
>>>>
>>>> Dest. IP Address: 10.12.0.10
>>>>
>>>> No IP Options
>>>>
>>>> TCP - Transport Control Protocol
>>>>
>>>> Source Port: 1025 blackjack
>>>>
>>>> Destination Port: 4606
>>>>
>>>> Sequence Number: 3670101211
>>>>
>>>> Ack Number: 0
>>>>
>>>> Offset: 7 (28 bytes)
>>>>
>>>> Reserved: %000000
>>>>
>>>> Flags: %000010
>>>>
>>>> 0. .... (No Urgent pointer)
>>>>
>>>> .0 .... (No Ack)
>>>>
>>>> .. 0... (No Push)
>>>>
>>>> .. .0.. (No Reset)
>>>>
>>>> .. ..1. SYN
>>>>
>>>> .. ...0 (No FIN)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Window: 65535
>>>>
>>>> Checksum: 0x30E8
>>>>
>>>> Urgent Pointer: 0
>>>>
>>>> TCP Options:
>>>>
>>>> Option Type: 2 Maximum Segment Size
>>>>
>>>> Length: 4
>>>>
>>>> MSS: 1460
>>>>
>>>> Option Type: 1 No Operation
>>>>
>>>> Option Type: 1 No Operation
>>>>
>>>> Option Type: 4
>>>>
>>>> Length: 2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FCS - Frame Check Sequence
>>>>
>>>> FCS (Calculated): 0xEA9D6ADA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>