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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dan Journo<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 07, 2010
8:33 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Asterisk
 Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [asterisk-users] Why
are the hackers scanning for these?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color="#1f497d"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>&gt;
</span></font><span lang=EN-GB>Here's some examples:<br>
<br>
<font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>&gt;</span></font>2648061411<br>
<font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>&gt;</span></font>3190339404<br>
<br>
<font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>I'm getting exactly the same.
Odds of getting a working number, are like the odds of winning the lottery.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#1F497D'>My guess is they are either trying to find a voip trunk, or they
are trying to make cold calls to the extensions on my system. Sales or
something similar.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>We got pounded last weekend, but installed a list of distant IPs in
IPTABLES and see nothing this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>We have no need to be contacted by any sites more than 2500 miles
away, and not too many from within 2500 miles. ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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 font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Fitch</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
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