my boss got firewall log of my portscan

[zaggy]

I'd have to go with most of the people here, if you were just "innocently" port scanning, fess up and take your lumps.
But as a mother of a teen and having been a not so nice teen, chances are you were port scanning for other reasons.
Either way fess up.

[zaggy]

I'd have to go with most of the people here, if you were just "innocently" port scanning, fess up and take your lumps.
But as a mother of a teen and having been a not so nice teen, chances are you were port scanning for other reasons.
Either way fess up.

[Terr]

Eugh. Cocoke, I don't think anyone here is going to help you tamper with logs, etc. Even if someone wanted to, you haven't given enough information for them to know where to start, such as the OSes running in the company, how you got the message, what network setup, what software logged it, etc.

[Terr]

Eugh. Cocoke, I don't think anyone here is going to help you tamper with logs, etc. Even if someone wanted to, you haven't given enough information for them to know where to start, such as the OSes running in the company, how you got the message, what network setup, what software logged it, etc.

[smirc]

i was just playin around with my brand new portscanner (as i am newbie babe) n i didn't no that alart mails went to IT team (inc me..)
it has my IP add, package dropped etc etc

So you did a port scan. Who cares? IT department managers have better things to do than waste seconds on kiddies with port scanners. The email was probably just meant to scare you. I doubt whether it will even be followed up. If they do follow it up, just say, "yep, it was me, so what?" They will say, "don't do it again". You will say, "ok" and that will be the end of it.

thanks to employee rights, he is on holiday till the end of mth.
how can i erase the alart police mails + firewall log from my boss's?? help me pleeeeeeeeaaaaase!

Now a portscan is one thing but deleting logs is something else. This crosses the borders into being illegal. It's not even worth contemplating trying to delete some log files just to cover up a port scan. If you get caught trying this, you definitely will get fired. Just be patient and my guess is the whole thing will blow over and will not even be given a mention .

[smirc]

i was just playin around with my brand new portscanner (as i am newbie babe) n i didn't no that alart mails went to IT team (inc me..)
it has my IP add, package dropped etc etc

So you did a port scan. Who cares? IT department managers have better things to do than waste seconds on kiddies with port scanners. The email was probably just meant to scare you. I doubt whether it will even be followed up. If they do follow it up, just say, "yep, it was me, so what?" They will say, "don't do it again". You will say, "ok" and that will be the end of it.

thanks to employee rights, he is on holiday till the end of mth.
how can i erase the alart police mails + firewall log from my boss's?? help me pleeeeeeeeaaaaase!

Now a portscan is one thing but deleting logs is something else. This crosses the borders into being illegal. It's not even worth contemplating trying to delete some log files just to cover up a port scan. If you get caught trying this, you definitely will get fired. Just be patient and my guess is the whole thing will blow over and will not even be given a mention .

[cocoke]

Thanks guys, i understand i shouldn't cover up,
i will tell him that was me, fessin around when he cums bak...

Cheers mates!

xxx

[cocoke]

Thanks guys, i understand i shouldn't cover up,
i will tell him that was me, fessin around when he cums bak...

Cheers mates!

xxx

[draziw]

Originally posted here by cocoke
i was just playin around with my brand new portscanner (as i am newbie babe) n i didn't no that alart mails went to IT team (inc me..)
it has my IP add, package dropped etc etc

thanks to employee rights, he is on holiday till the end of mth.
how can i erase the alart police mails + firewall log from my boss's?? help me pleeeeeeeeaaaaase!

I guess you missed the valuable README file that typically comes with a portscanner... specifically the part that says, and I quote, "do not scan any machine that you don't expressly have permission to do so, or, if you do, be prepared to deal with any and all repercussions form your actions." (I'm paraphrasing heavily, of course, but it's in there somewhere)

If your work is really setup well, those logs might be written to your firewall, the policy manager and maybe one or more loghosts... possibly even burned to CD (it certainly would seem to have hit mail, so there's probably a "permanent" record of the scan). So, you might be screwed - hope you have your resume updated (me, I've even enjoyed the pleasure of walking people like you out of a company, sometimes right in to the back of a police car - though, granted those are a little more extreme cases).

Yeah, maybe I'm being a bit "extreme" - but, hey... that's part of my job - I'm paranoid, remember?

About the best thing you can probably do is say "Hey, this portscan was me" and "I was trying to do this by doing so" and hope it all comes out in the wash.

In any case, g'luck t'ya. At least you got one thing right... n00b.
*chuckle*


My apologies to all for the (over?)use of bold - but some people just don't seem to get it (and yeah, I'm probably in a slightly bad mood - less than 24hrs before a code deadline that I feel like I'm not going to make at this rate).

[draziw]

Originally posted here by cocoke
i was just playin around with my brand new portscanner (as i am newbie babe) n i didn't no that alart mails went to IT team (inc me..)
it has my IP add, package dropped etc etc

thanks to employee rights, he is on holiday till the end of mth.
how can i erase the alart police mails + firewall log from my boss's?? help me pleeeeeeeeaaaaase!

I guess you missed the valuable README file that typically comes with a portscanner... specifically the part that says, and I quote, "do not scan any machine that you don't expressly have permission to do so, or, if you do, be prepared to deal with any and all repercussions form your actions." (I'm paraphrasing heavily, of course, but it's in there somewhere)

If your work is really setup well, those logs might be written to your firewall, the policy manager and maybe one or more loghosts... possibly even burned to CD (it certainly would seem to have hit mail, so there's probably a "permanent" record of the scan). So, you might be screwed - hope you have your resume updated (me, I've even enjoyed the pleasure of walking people like you out of a company, sometimes right in to the back of a police car - though, granted those are a little more extreme cases).

Yeah, maybe I'm being a bit "extreme" - but, hey... that's part of my job - I'm paranoid, remember?

About the best thing you can probably do is say "Hey, this portscan was me" and "I was trying to do this by doing so" and hope it all comes out in the wash.

In any case, g'luck t'ya. At least you got one thing right... n00b.
*chuckle*


My apologies to all for the (over?)use of bold - but some people just don't seem to get it (and yeah, I'm probably in a slightly bad mood - less than 24hrs before a code deadline that I feel like I'm not going to make at this rate).