i use iplist as a blocker, and over the last few weeks i have noticed a sudden increase in the ammount of m$ ip's being refused. these are incoming connections, and i cant seem to fathom it out, as i have reason to connect to micro$oft, except for using the msn protocol, but i cant see where this could cause all the refused connections i keep seeing. i am not quite a noob, but neither am i a linux whizz (i wish).

if anyone could come up with some sort of explaination for this, or even a solution for stopping this, i would be extremely gratefull.

i use ubuntu 8.04, i'm not worried about access attempts, as i know the chances are slim. but its the ammount of hits i get that is the problem.. last count for a 5 min spell was 87 hits.. in my eyes thats excessive.

i am wondering if anyone else has found this happening to them, as i can be sure that it wont just be one little laptop they are hitting on.

many thanks in advance

If they're being refused, you have less to worry about. Probably the latest virus/trojan/rootkit is making new zombies and they're all testing your IP.

I have moved this to Security, so more knowledgeable people than I can see this.

Sorry, but your misspellings and abbreviations have made your post hard to read for me.
Are you saying that www.microsoft.com is the source IP?

Can you post a sample chunk from your firewall log?

sorry about my abbreviations, yes i mean microsoft, and yes they are being blocked, i am just curious as to why this would be happening, maybe it is the latest trojan or something probing ip's, i dont know, but unfortunately the logs are empty, so as soon as i have one to post i will.

many thanx

Without the IP addresses, protocols, and port numbers it is impossible to speculate. Please provide more details.