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Date:      Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:33:49 +0100
From:      Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Interesting new messages in logs
Message-ID:  <20001219193349.E15002@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
In-Reply-To: <20001219132057.A1338@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com>; from dmaddox@sc.rr.com on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 01:20:57PM -0500
References:  <20001219132057.A1338@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com>

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On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 01:20:57PM -0500, Donald J . Maddox wrote:
> After my latest update, I am getting LOTS of the following in my logs:
> 
> Dec 19 12:21:04 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP ::0001:25 from ::0001:1286
> Dec 19 12:24:08 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP ::0001:25 from ::0001:1299
> Dec 19 12:27:13 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP ::0001:25 from ::0001:1308
> Dec 19 12:39:28 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP ::0001:25 from ::0001:1336
> 
> Obviously, this machine is using log_in_vain, and it appears obvious
> that these are local smtp transactions.  It is _not_ obvious, at
> least to me, why they are now being logged as if port 25 was not
> open.  Also, why the odd format in the addresses?

Key might be: IPv6.:-) (At least for the addresses.) Check your
configuration if you are listening on port 25 for IPv6 or not...

That's off the top of my head though so yell at me if I am talking
nonsense:-)
 
-- 
Regards:

Szilveszter ADAM
Szeged University
Szeged Hungary


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