log entry question on sshd

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Raul,

Hmmm, looks like a rather persistent port scan, in my estimation.

At 11:04 PM 1/20/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Hey gang.  I received this log entry and am not sure if it's a portscan
>of some type or not.  Anyone seen this before?
>
>Jan 20 19:23:25 saidin sshd[4209]: scanned from 195.178.168.129 with
>+SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.  Don't panic.
>Jan 20 19:24:47 saidin sshd[4216]: scanned from 195.178.168.129 with
>+SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.  Don't panic.
>Jan 20 19:26:00 saidin sshd[4220]: scanned from 195.178.168.129 with
>+SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.  Don't panic.
>
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Darrell
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