icslap

Discussion in 'Software' started by Unbanable, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. Unbanable

    Unbanable Specialist

    Trying to find info on icslap... Wikipedia has nothing, google has rumors. Anyone know what this is used for? I saw some ICSLAP communication on my local network. I can't seem to find the communication on my computer anywhere(I was using monitoring software, but I can't seem to find the communication saved anywhere), so I can't see what was in them anymore, but from what I remember, I couldn't tell much from the packets. Anyone know anything about it?
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Did this monitoring software tell you also what port this was coming from as iirc this is off port 2869 SSDP and guessing could be from Internet Connection Sharing, Windows Firewall or Local Network Sharing as SSDP is what detects network clients (PCs)

    What software you using to monitor this? Read that Esets Firewall pops up with this too.

    What Windows version and SP?


    List of Services and what they do, maybe of use to you http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832017
     
  3. Unbanable

    Unbanable Specialist

    Thanks, I don't know why I didn't give more info...

    I was using Wireshark(I was actually trying to diagnose something else at the time, I believe, but noticed some other things that raised questions).

    Vista Home Premium (32 bit) SP1

    Ummm port number.. port number.. Well, I think it was 2869, but I can't be sure unless I find the saved log somewhere.


    Looking through some more google results, I came across this:
    "About 2869 (which is IANA registered as MS ICSLAP), Microsoft says starting with Windows XP SP2, SSDP event notification service will rely on TCP port 2869. Currently this is only a speculative risk."

    Anyway, I don't use ICS so I don't see why that would be doing anything, and I don't use Windows Firewall so I don't know why that would be doing anything, but I suppose it could be something related to SSDP. I see a LOT of SSDP traffic on my network. Actually, I wish I new a good way to reduce it. But, when I see SSDP traffic, it usually shows the protocol as SSDP, so I wonder why those particular packets showed as ICSLAP. I'm almost certain that it showed icslap in the protocol column, but I guess it's possible I could just be going crazy. Going through lots of long logs that, instead of answering your questions, produce more can get to you after a while. I wish I could find the stupid log but apparently I didn't save it. Thanks for the help though. I guess I'll just assume that it was something related to SSDP.

    Now that I think about it, I think when I looked in the packets, there seemed to be information regarding the two computers communicating, so that makes it sound even more like SSDP. I wish I knew of a way to reduce the huge amounts of SSDP traffic. Most of it seems to be coming from the router.


    Before posting this post, I decided to run wireshark again.. After waiting a while, ICSLAP did turn up again. It was not listed in the protocol column like I thought it was before, but showed up in the info section. It was the destination port (2869) on a packet from my computer to another computer on the network. Interestingly, it's the first that seems to be using that port(so I'd assume it's the first packet for that particular communication) but it has the RST and ACK flags set. Why would the RST flag be set if it's the first communication, wouldn't that flag only be used for a current communication? How can you reset something that hasn't yet been established, or hasn't even been attempted to establish? I wish I knew what to look for and how to understand what I'm looking at. Oh well. I'm sure I'll learn eventually so long as I keep learning and researching
     
  4. Unbanable

    Unbanable Specialist

    Can't edit after 10 minutes... Well... It showed up some more in some traffic between my computer & router.

    And what did I tell you? Looking through the logs for answers produces more questions. Now I'm trying to figure out what these https connections to severs with no reverse dns were for... reverse dns isn't working.. pisses me off.

    Edit: One was to Microsoft.. understandable, I suppose. Another, to a google server??? Not sure why on that one..
     
    Last edited: Oct 22, 2008
  5. plodr

    plodr Major Geek Super Extraordinaire

    If you ever downloaded google chrome to try out the browser, it is set to automatically check google for updates.
     
  6. RememberThis

    RememberThis Private E-2

    Evenin' friends :)
    I just noticed this particular little item you are talking about pop up on me suddenly in the middle of watching a DVD

    It was enough to freeze up the Vid just enough to raise my curiosity

    System 4.... icslap...I was unable to query properties or kill it.
    I did not get the same port number(s) as the OP....but I am running Outpost Firewall and it likes assigning the higher port numbers.

    I do believe it is a service that is built into WMP

    Is It Nefarious? Im not sure....it closed the exact same moment I closed WMP.
    Im working a little hunch here, as I have never seen icslap before and I do not have ICS on. This IS monitoring in some fashion as it attempted to send packets.
    If my hunch is correct and I can ferret this out, I am under the impression this has something to do with viewing a particular companys webpage concerning a recent nuclear disaster.

    Im running WIN7 Pro
    Caught it using TcpView and PrcView
     

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