Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 01:39:32 -0700 From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Greg Quinlan <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server trying to connect to Port 113 Message-ID: <19990521013932.A13233@best.com> In-Reply-To: <001f01bea364$57d9c820$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>; from Greg Quinlan on Fri, May 21, 1999 at 09:31:37AM %2B0100 References: <001f01bea364$57d9c820$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 09:31:37AM +0100, Greg Quinlan <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk> wrote: > I am not on the mailing list so please include me in your reply. > > Can someone explain what this remote system is trying to do? > > May 21 09:22:14 amanda /kernel: ipfw: 24110 Deny TCP <their ip>:1937 <our > ip>:113 in via fxp1 > May 21 09:22:35 amanda last message repeated 3 times > > Extract from /etc/services > > auth 113/tcp ident tap #Authentication Service > auth 113/udp ident tap #Authentication Service > > Greg Might be sendmail on <their ip> going back into your box to get ident info. Or this might be provoced by something else - like tcp wrappers, irc, etc, etc... -- Yan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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