From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 2 10:50:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62F0C16A4CE for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:50:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from shaft.techsupport.co.uk (shaft.techsupport.co.uk [212.250.77.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA5E43D2D for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:50:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from cpc2-cdif3-6-0-cust204.cdif.cable.ntl.com ([81.103.67.204] helo=shrike.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by shaft.techsupport.co.uk with esmtp (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Anj93-00064c-Dp; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 18:50:05 +0000 Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Anj91-00087h-1w; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 18:50:03 +0000 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:50:03 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: JJB Message-ID: <20040202185002.GA47004@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , JJB , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org References: <200402021740.i12He6j1005122@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="E0e4ihfNxLmjeTLW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/62230: log-in-vain issues it's msg every time 'mail' command is used. X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 18:50:23 -0000 --E0e4ihfNxLmjeTLW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:22:11PM -0500, JJB wrote: > # The log_in_vain MIB will provide you with logging of attempted > # connections to your box on any port which does not have a service > # running on it. For example, if you do not have DNS server on your > # computer and someone would try to access your computer through DNS > # port 53, you would see a message such as: Connection attempt to > # UDP yourIP:53 from otherIP:X (where X is some high port #) > displayed > # on the root console screen. This message also gets posted to > # /var/log/messages & /var/log/security.log. > # The following statements enable this function. > # man tcp(4) and man udp(4) contain a little information on these > MIBs >=20 > net.inet.tcp.log_in_vain=3D1 > net.inet.udp.log_in_vain=3D1 > I believe this description is pirated from the old 4.7 LINT kernel > source file. The implied meaning is access you computer, as in from > the external interface. Thats how I read that. You clearly didn't read the part where it says: The log_in_vain MIB will provide you with logging of attempted connections to your box on any port which does not have a service running on it. Ceri --=20 --E0e4ihfNxLmjeTLW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAHpvaocfcwTS3JF8RAs8sAJ9xuJqCFYxSPiLcUDthsLRaQQvT9wCgi3gB Tp0nBeR4LTd6yTjJWCyEVus= =77tN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E0e4ihfNxLmjeTLW--