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Date:      Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:47:59 -0500
From:      "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com>
To:        Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Interesting new messages in logs
Message-ID:  <20001219134758.A1497@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001219193349.E15002@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>; from sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 07:33:49PM %2B0100
References:  <20001219132057.A1338@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <20001219193349.E15002@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>

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On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 07:33:49PM +0100, Szilveszter Adam wrote:
> 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:-)

Nope, no nonsense, you're right on the money :)

In the previous kernel I didn't have IPV6 enabled, and in this one
it is enabled.

Thanks for helping clear this up for me :)


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