Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:46:16 -0700 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is one of my hosts a scanner? Message-ID: <E19wsBc-0008JG-H6@ran.psg.com> References: <E19wkNI-000BVo-Hp@ran.psg.com> <69749FD8-E303-11D7-AF9F-000393A335A2@mac.com> <E19wpKa-000PYB-SW@ran.psg.com> <20030909163926.K42161@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz>
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>>> IANA doesn't automagically know who uses what port unless >>> someone tells them I thought. >> exactly. there is a process to get a port number assigned. >> <http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/sys-port-number.pl>; > Thanks for following up to your own message Randy, you saved me > the trouble. I was actually kind of confused by your message this > morning, since you of all people should have known the answers to > your own questions. :) it's my form of a troll. > The only thing I'd add to this is that the sockstat utility in > freebsd makes it trivial to determine what application is holding > a given port. the connection was flying by very quickly. and the operator was many hours from coffee. randy
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