Re: [TCLUG:11476] auth in /etc/inetd.conf

[Jon Schewe <jpschewe@mtu.net>]

On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 06:57:46PM -0600, Ben Kochie wrote:
> it allows a unix host to ask your system who is connecting from the port
> they are trying to connect to.. basically, in the older days of unix, it
> was used as a security tool, so that you would know what username someone
> was trying to telnet, ftp, etc to your box.. now all i use it for is to
> make sure my name shows up right in IRC.. :)

So why would someone keep connecting to that port on my machine?  I just have a
bunch of SYN_RECV messages.
tcp        0      0 hl137-192-66-146.H:auth 172.16.0.2:1378         SYN_RECV    
tcp        0      0 hl137-192-66-146.H:auth 172.16.0.2:1402         SYN_RECV    
tcp        0      0 hl137-192-66-146.H:auth 172.16.0.2:1441         SYN_RECV    

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Jon Schewe
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