[plug] Spoofed packets

[Earnshaw, Mike]

List,

Monitoring the logs recently I see lots of attempts from 192.168.1.6:80
to weird ports (>62k) on our ISP permanent assigned IP. Showing my
ignorance, I assume these are spoofed packets since they are the private
C which should be dropped?

I traceroute the number and it goes back to somewhere in Melbourne
before I loose it.

Most of these "attacks" come in the middle of the night. Is there a way
(is it worth it?) that I can catch the "real" person and follow it back?

I'm just paranoid about somebody getting in and want to slap them with a
rotten dead fish or something ....

Thanks

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