"Broadcast TCP"??!?

[jimd at starshine.org]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 07:17:46AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
> This may be "old hat" to some of y'all, but I don't get out much, and
> I found it perversely amusing....
 
> Today, I noted this:

 ...
 
 
> The ones that got my attention, though, were the ones directed at
> 64.62.202.255:25.  I don't recall seeing an attempt to send TCP traffic
> to a broadcast address before.  (UDP, sure; that often makes sense.  TCP?)
 
> Anyway, I found it oddly amusing, and thought I'd share....
 
 My first guess would be just some buggy bit of spamware.  Tries 0..255
 inclusive on each octet?

-- 
Jim Dennis