From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jan 3 0:27:38 2001 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 00:27:36 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from fj.dkuug.dk (fj.dkuug.dk [195.215.30.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76E0437B402 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 00:27:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from fj@localhost) by fj.dkuug.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21598; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:27:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from fj) From: Flemming Jacobsen Message-Id: <200101030827.JAA21598@fj.dkuug.dk> Subject: Re: Connections to UDP port 512 In-Reply-To: <20010103101253.A10140@ldc.ro> from Alex Popa at "Jan 3, 2001 10:12:53 am" To: razor-bsd-security@ldc.ro (Alex Popa) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:27:04 +0100 (CET) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fj@fj.dkuug.dk Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Alex Popa wrote: > Any ideas as of what might be generating a few of these: > "Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512 from 127.0.0.1:2595" > (from log_in_vain, of course) Somebody got mail, and sendmail is trying to tell the fact to the comsat (biff) server. Either: + Add this to your sendmail .mc config file: define(`LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS', LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS`'P)dnl + Delete the biff-line in /etc/services + Start comsat in /etc/inetd.conf - BAD idea IMHO. to make the messages stop. FJ -- Flemming Jacobsen Email: fj@batmule.dk Phone: +45 3916 1833 ---=== If speed kills, Windows users may live forever. ===--- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message