From owner-freebsd-security Thu Mar 15 12:39:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from satin.team.look.ca (satin.team.look.ca [207.136.94.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED95037B71A for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:39:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from JTERLECKI@team.look.ca) Received: by satin.team.look.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:45:03 -0500 Message-ID: <552BB9A0AF05D411B71C0050DAC27561012ADB15@LOOKEX.look> From: Jason Terlecki To: Ronan Lucio , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Port 113 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:39:20 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org No, this port is used by identd. Many IRC servers require you to be able = to respond on that port when you connect to it. It allows daemons to determine the username of a connecting client. Jason Terlecki System Analyst - Internet Look Communication - Montreal -----Message d'origine----- De : Ronan Lucio [mailto:ronan@melim.com.br] Envoy=E9 : March 15, 2001 1:19 PM =C0 : security@FreeBSD.ORG Objet : Port 113 Hi all, Could anybody say me when I need to allow the port 113 in the firewall? What services use this port? For example: I have a computer that is only DNS server, Does this port need allow connections the to DNS service work? Thank=B4s Ronan Lucio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------= - This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any questions about this message. MailShield product info: = www.mailshield.com . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message