[Dxspider-support] Smarterclickz Search Engine Abuse on Port 7300

[charlie carroll]

Yesterday I happened to look at the input to my node and found a 
continuing series of connect attempts on port 7300.  There would be 
anywhere from 6-12 rapid connect attempts, occurring every 3-5 minutes. 
  No idea how long this has been going on.  But, it appears that someone 
did some open port searching, found my port 7300, and decided I was a 
candidate for their data gathering exercise.  It took quite a while to 
reach someone at Smartclickz.com to understand what was happening and why.

Ultimately I ended up blocking IP addresses 68.117.177.113 and 
59.10.228.229 at my firewall.  For the moment, the exclusion of these 2 
addresses has blocked the connect attempts.

So, be forewarned.  There's a lot of crap out there on the Internet that 
can get at you.  It may pay to be somewhat more cautious.  I know I will be.

73 charlie, k1xx/4