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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Helen Reilly)
Fri Dec 27 19:02:16 1996

Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 15:04:22 -0500
From: aisecur!HReilly@bpd.treas.gov (Helen Reilly)
To: firewalls@greatcircle.com, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu

     Hi,
     
        I'm pretty new to web security and this is probably a "dumb"
        question.  BUT...I would appreciate any help.  I have a ftp
        site running under NT 4.0 and using IIS 2.0.  I have recently
        started seeing the following messages in my logfiles.  Should
        I be concerned?  How are what looks like gopher commands being
        executed over ftp ports to the ftp server?
     
     Thanks in advance.
     
     Helen
     
     
        The log follows,  (edited)
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, anonymous, 12/25/96, 20:16:07, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     16, 0, 0, 0, [1129]  USER , anonymous, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:07, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     15, 0, 0, 0, [1129]  PASS , harvest@, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:08, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     46, 0, 0, 2, [1129]  sent , /, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:08, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     19, 0, 0, 2, [1129]  sent , /README, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:08, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     18, 0, 0, 0, [1129]  QUIT , -, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, anonymous, 12/25/96, 20:16:12, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     16, 0, 0, 0, [1130]  USER , anonymous, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:12, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 10, 
     15, 0, 0, 0, [1130]  PASS , harvest@, -,
      
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, anonymous, 12/25/96, 20:16:12, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     16, 0, 0, 0, [1131]  USER , anonymous, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:12, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     15, 0, 0, 0, [1131]  PASS , harvest@, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, anonymous, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     16, 0, 0, 0, [1132]  USER , anonymous, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     15, 0, 0, 0, [1132]  PASS , harvest@, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, anonymous, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     16, 0, 0, 0, [1133]  USER , anonymous, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     109, 0, 0, 2, [1130]  sent , /internal-gopher-binary, -,
      
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     15, 0, 0, 0, [1133]  PASS , harvest@, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     34, 0, 0, 0, [1130]  QUIT , -, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     103, 0, 0, 2, [1131]  sent , /internal-gopher-text, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     112, 0, 0, 2, [1132]  sent , /internal-gopher-unknown, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     32, 0, 0, 0, [1131]  QUIT , -, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     35, 0, 0, 0, [1132]  QUIT , -, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     106, 0, 0, 2, [1133]  sent , /internal-gopher-image, -, 
     
     xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, harvest@, 12/25/96, 20:16:13, MSFTPSVC, FTP, -, 0, 
     33, 0, 0, 0, [1133]  QUIT , -, -, 

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