Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:05:27 +1100 (EST) From: Warren Toomey <wkt@henry.cs.adfa.edu.au> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unknown connection attempts from localhost Message-ID: <199903182305.KAA10759@henry.cs.adfa.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <000001be7191$b78e5e70$0a0010ac@ren.craxx.com> from laurens van alphen at "Mar 18, 1999 11:50:27 pm"
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> > [snip] Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:1645 from 127.0.0.1:53 > > [snip] Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:1739 from 127.0.0.1:53 Usually a reply to a DNS request from your machine. Your client has timed out, but the reply from the server still comes back. There just isn't anybody there to receive it. > > [snip] Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512 from 127.0.0.1:2191 > > [snip] Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512 from 127.0.0.1:2192 This is most likely /usr/libexec/mail.local which is trying to inform a nonexistent biff server (i.e comsat) that local email has been delivered. Warren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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