[Techtalk] port numbers

[Robyn M]

On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:17 +1000, John Clarke wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 02:38:22 +0930, Robyn M wrote:
> 
> > I've been looking at my new server and the firewall logs show that
> > something/someone keeps trying to access port 17641 20 - 30 times an
> > hour for the past few days (not same ip address each time).
> > 
> > Where can I find out what they are trying to get at?
> 
> This is where I usually start:
> 
>     http://www.iss.net/security_center/advice/Exploits/Ports/default.htm
> 
> but it doesn't list any information for port 17641.  Searching for the
> port number on the site doesn't produce anything, and Google didn't give
> me anything either.  I wouldn't worry about it; if you want to track
> down every port scan that hits your firewall you won't have time to do
> anything else ...
I was just concerned about 800 hits over 30 hours. Is this normal?

Robyn