Port Scanned

[aldtech]

I keep on getting my ports scanned. Here is a “who is” report that I got from my Sygate personal fire wall:

% This is the RIPE Whois query server #2.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Note: the default output of the RIPE Whois server
% is changed. Your tools may need to be adjusted. See
% http://www.ripe.net/db/news/abuse-pr...-20050331.html
% for more details.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html

% Note: This output has been filtered.
% To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag

% Information related to '0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255'

inetnum: 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255
netname: IANA-BLK
descr: The whole IPv4 address space
country: EU # Country is really world wide
org: ORG-IANA1-RIPE
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED
remarks: The country is really worldwide.
remarks: This address space is assigned at various other places in
remarks: the world and might therefore not be in the RIPE database.
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-routes: RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

organisation: ORG-IANA1-RIPE
org-name: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
org-type: IANA
address: see http://www.iana.org
remarks: The IANA allocates IP addresses and AS number blocks to RIRs
remarks: see http://www.iana.org/ipaddress/ip-addresses.htm
remarks: and http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers
e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
mnt-ref: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

role: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
address: see http://www.iana.org.
e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
nic-hdl: IANA1-RIPE
remarks: For more information on IANA services
remarks: go to IANA web site at http://www.iana.org.
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

Why are these people scanning my ports? I’m just a little bit baffled that they are.

Thanks for any insight.

AL D.

[jkrohn]

Lol, THE ENTIRE INTERNET IS SCANNING YOU!
0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255

"They" aren't scanning you man, that is every IP on the internet that falls into that range. Sygate is not pulling the IP right or they are spoofed packets with faulty IPs/Netmasks to represent this range.

Jkrohn

[wera]

255.255.255.255 holy... that can not be righit.