Port 5 is used by RJE - Remote Job Entry as described by RFC407.  It 
allows a user at one location to cause a batch processing job at 
another location with the output being returned to the same or 
different remote location that initiated the job

Adam

On 18 Aug 2000, at 9:10, John Steniger wrote:

> I'm seeing strange traffic on my firewall ; two separate IPS attempting to
> connect to port 5 from source port 5.  Is this part of any known
> strategy/exploit?  I'd appreciate any information anyone has on this.
> 
> Thanks!
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