Blocked incoming UDP

christophicus · 2007-03-19 10:39:35

Ok I just looked through my router log. and I notice that it says "blocked incoming UDP " and then gives an ip address. does anyone know or have an idea as top what this could be?

19-03-2007 11:39AM

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Ok I just looked through my router log. and I notice that it says "blocked incoming UDP " and then gives an ip address. does anyone know or have an idea as top what this could be?

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#2 19-03-2007 04:49PM

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Someone's poking at your router. I have a Netgear. It kindly emails me when such an attack happens.

To reduce how often this happens, make sure your router is not remotely accessible on port 80 [the default for nearly every website, e.g. [url]www.boards.ie:80[/url]].

Here's some tech detail on UDP.

It may well be harmless but if you see 'DOS' in the same line of the log entry, you can be sure it's not.

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