On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 00:51:33 +0100 (CET) "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@tiscali.es> wrote:
I use a modem connection, which usually lasts few minutes, and of course, on different IP numbers each time. However, these days I'm observing an unusual number of failed attempts to enter my PC (what for, I wonder?). Usually they go to port 137 (Netbios), some to ident, but recently I'm seeing attempts to port 5327 from different hosts.
What the h**k is port 5327 used for? It is not listed in /etc/services. Usually, the firewall reject them, but you can see in the log below it accepted some packets (although there was no response, according to
Why don't you run something like ethereal for a bit, and look at what all those packets are? -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation