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Date:      Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:41:56 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        Joe Bo <ibjoe@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512
Message-ID:  <19991026104156.B40847@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19991026071209.00f52e80@mail>; from Joe Bo on Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 12:12:09AM -0700
References:  <2.2.32.19991026071209.00f52e80@mail>

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On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 12:12:09AM -0700, Joe Bo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running FreeBSD v3.2, with natd, gateway, dns, and "simple" firewall
> (with a slightly modified rc.firewall file). Using stock crontab file. Not
> running sendmail daemon.
> 
> I seem to have done something to my system configuration that results in the
> messages:
> 
> Oct 25 02:15:33 c392156-a /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512
> from 127.0.0.1:1383
> Oct 25 02:15:36 c392156-a /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512
> from 127.0.0.1:1384
> 
> being logged. Happens every day at 2:15AM. The "from" port number
> increments, but the "to" port number stays at 512.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on what is happening? Much appreciation for any
> input. Thanks,
> 
Do you have a comsat(8) (biffer server) enabled in your /etc/inetd.conf?

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