On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:19:40 GMT, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "Capps"
<capps@iozone.org> wrote:
>
> The saga continues....
>
> Ok... I set the firewall to reject TCP port 13 requests from
> my clients (on the private lan). The Winblows 2k box that was
> generating these requests was over a 802.11g connection. (wireless)
>
> Hmmm... that was a bad idea. The Winblows 2k box didn't care
> much for the rejects. It went wild sending TCP port 13 requests
> to one host after another. Very rapidly rotating across hosts. This
> created a heavy load on the Wireless net.
[snip]

This just doesn't sound right. Are you *sure* you haven't picked up a
parasite of some sort? Whatever it is, it is *very* badly behaved.

Also, perchance is that Win2K box the Terminal Services Edition, or running
the Terminal Services module? That's about the only thing (besides
"Daytime") that came up on a Google search on "Windows 2000" and either
"Port 13" or "TCP 13" -- tho' some of the hits those searches produced may
be of general interest to you.

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