Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 18:39:05 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mail.theinternet.com.au> To: greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server trying to connect to Port 113 Message-ID: <199905210839.SAA45432@mail.theinternet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <001f01bea364$57d9c820$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk> from Greg Quinlan at "May 21, 1999 9:31:37 am"
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+----[ Greg Quinlan ]--------------------------------------------- | I am not on the mailing list so please include me in your reply. | | Can someone explain what this remote system is trying to do? | | May 21 09:22:14 amanda /kernel: ipfw: 24110 Deny TCP <their ip>:1937 <our | ip>:113 in via fxp1 | May 21 09:22:35 amanda last message repeated 3 times | | Extract from /etc/services | | auth 113/tcp ident tap #Authentication Service | auth 113/udp ident tap #Authentication Service | | Greg Authenticate a user. -- ala identd or pidentd. Given a socket port on both ends, identd returns the username that is connected to that socket. This is used most commonly by IRC servers, but is also used by web-proxies. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | Milton ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 |72 Col .Sig PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|Specialist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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