Do you by chance have any Compaq (possibly Proliant) systems on your network? I get this from each of mine and haven't really tracked down what exactly it is. One suspicion I have is that it might be related to the their real time environment monitoring software which keeps track of power supplies, fans, etc. for remote reporting. That's just a suspicion though, I don't have anything to back it up.
Mike Benedict > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert van der Hulst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 08:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: What is port 2301 ? > > > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Access the list archives at: > http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > ---------------------------------- > Hi, > > I am running Gnatbox Light 3.01 and mave enabled the alarm > messages to report > possible problems with the firewall. > > One of the reports that I get a lot looks like this: > ALARM NO: 1 > DATE: Monday, Feb 21, 2000 > TIME: 13:27:51 > INTERFACE: EXT (ep0) > ALARM TYPE: Block > IP PACKET: UDP > [212.187.100.212/2301]-->[255.255.255.255/2301] l=12 > > c187100212.telekabel.chello.nl/2301]-->[255.255.255.255/2301] > > The IP address of the sender of the packet differs, but I see > a lot of messages > on port 2301, directed to 255.255.255.255/2301. > > I have looked everywhere, but have found no explanation of > what port 2301 is > used for. Can anybody tell me what is going on here, and if I > should be worried > about this ? > > > Robert van der Hulst > > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > in the body of the message >
