Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:56:01 +0200 From: "B.Hansson" <bernt@bah.homeip.net> To: misterb@bmyster.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help!?!? portmap , what is it used for ? Message-ID: <4129DB51.3050605@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <1103.65.175.134.2.1092834260.squirrel@new.host.name> References: <1103.65.175.134.2.1092834260.squirrel@new.host.name>
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Brent Bailey skrev:
> forgive me for posting this twice...i forgot what email address is allowd
> on this list...anywho..
Well it's your lucky day!
> Im running a freebsd 4.10 and the other morning i noticed this in my
> "ps -ax" output.
> 13560 ?? Is 0:00.00 portmap 218.49.183.17
> Now ive denied portmap from /etc/hosts.allow ...however accrding to the
> above ps listing ...this IP managed to make a connection to portmap ..
> what portmap used for ?? and does this mean the box has been compromised ?
> thank you in advance for any help
man portmap
PORTMAP(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual
PORTMAP(8)
NAME
portmap -- RPC program,version to DARPA port mapper
SYNOPSIS
portmap [-d] [-v] [-h bindip]
DESCRIPTION
Portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA
protocol
port numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls.
help
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