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NETGEAR RBR50 Log
I am receiving a long list of DoS Attacks in a NETGEAR RBR50 Log email. What am I supposed to do with this information?
The short answer: there is nothing the user can do except muse, "well, it appears people still play around on the internet."
Some people tire of seeing these reports and turn off the feature that analyzes and reports them.
When a router has a public IP address, any device on the internet can attempt to connect to it. This router "feature" looks at connection attempts and tries to see if they fit a familiar "pattern." If they do, an entry is made in the log. The router firewall does not accept any of these connection attempts unless the user has deliberately forwarded a port to an internal device on the LAN.
For example, what can a person do
- To prevent people from sending junk mail to his street address? - nothing.
If the grand kids can send you a valentine, so can anyone else. - To prevent people from calling his public phone number? - nothing
He can not answer the phone when the caller ID is not recognized, but he cannot stop them from calling. - To prevent people from ringing the doorbell and offering to install solar panels? - nothing.
If your friends and neighbors can ring the doorbell, so can anyone else.
It would be more interesting (for me) if Netgear would publish what the criteria is for each of these supposed "attacks", but I have never found any description.
- To prevent people from sending junk mail to his street address? - nothing.
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The short answer: there is nothing the user can do except muse, "well, it appears people still play around on the internet."
Some people tire of seeing these reports and turn off the feature that analyzes and reports them.
When a router has a public IP address, any device on the internet can attempt to connect to it. This router "feature" looks at connection attempts and tries to see if they fit a familiar "pattern." If they do, an entry is made in the log. The router firewall does not accept any of these connection attempts unless the user has deliberately forwarded a port to an internal device on the LAN.
For example, what can a person do
- To prevent people from sending junk mail to his street address? - nothing.
If the grand kids can send you a valentine, so can anyone else. - To prevent people from calling his public phone number? - nothing
He can not answer the phone when the caller ID is not recognized, but he cannot stop them from calling. - To prevent people from ringing the doorbell and offering to install solar panels? - nothing.
If your friends and neighbors can ring the doorbell, so can anyone else.
It would be more interesting (for me) if Netgear would publish what the criteria is for each of these supposed "attacks", but I have never found any description.
Thank you.
- To prevent people from sending junk mail to his street address? - nothing.