From owner-freebsd-security Mon Feb 4 10:25: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from theinternet.com.au (c20631.kelvn1.qld.optusnet.com.au [203.164.207.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB7FC37B41D for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:24:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from akm@localhost) by theinternet.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.4) id g14IN4D39896; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 04:23:04 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from akm) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 04:23:04 +1000 From: Andrew Kenneth Milton To: Martin McCormick Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port 113 Traffic Message-ID: <20020205042304.K32999@zeus.theinternet.com.au> References: <200202041818.g14IIgM69616@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200202041818.g14IIgM69616@dc.cis.okstate.edu>; from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu on Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:18:42PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org +-------[ Martin McCormick ]---------------------- | Why might a FreeBSD system be generating traffic on port | 113? We have noticed occasional traffic from a FreeBSD system of | ours to various addresses outside our network on Port 113. 113 is the ident/auth port. There are a number of things that query the ident port, IRC servers, sendmail, and squid to name a few. It's probably nothing to be worried about. If you block it and something stops working, I'm sure someone will scream at you d8) -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message