Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:24:18 PST From: "Jeff Hamilton" <hjeffrey@hotmail.com> To: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/hosts.allow Message-ID: <20000328212418.44269.qmail@hotmail.com>
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>From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> >To: Jeff Hamilton <hjeffrey@hotmail.com> >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: /etc/hosts.allow >Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 21:14:12 +0100 > >On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 09:47:43AM -0800, Jeff Hamilton wrote: > > > Mar 28 17:37:54 hostname portmap[154]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line >16: > > twist_option: dup: Bad file descriptor > > > > What am I doing wrong, or is this message expected? > >My guess is that the portmapper is getting a tcp connection, which the >remote end closes almost immediately. Then when the wrapping code goes >to to dup the discriptor which is supposed to be connected it finds it >is unconnected. Could this possibly be an indicator of a port scan or other exploit attempt? Is there anyway to trace the IP address that originated the connection? Thanks. Jeff hjeffrey@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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