On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:51:11 +1200
Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:19:16AM +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > I have noticed many attempts to connect to the secure port ( 445 )
> 
> By "secure", I assume you're talking about the well-known HTTPS/SSL
> port--which is actually port 443.
> 
> Port 445 is Microsoft-DS, which is mostly used for SMB/CIFS-over-IP.

IP cop uses 445 for secure web services to the ipcop box itself, leaving
443 available to be forwarded onto an internal server if you want (is on
the port you would normally find it).

> 
> > used by IPCop and Smoothwall. Also my squid cache has been compromised
> > in some way resulting in a denial of service if the squid daemon is
> > active.
> 
> Can you elaborate on this?
> 
> Cheers,
> -mjg
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> Matthew Gregan                     |/
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