sendmail never listens on port 587.  If it does, make sure you're not
mistaken... run netstat -nap and make sure.

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Fritz Mesedilla wrote:

> Re: [plug] ports and ssh!Hey thanks so much!
>
> Yup 113 is identd but 587 and 25 are ports listening for sendmail. is it
> standard that sendmail listens to 2 ports?
> how do i stop this?
>
> Fritz Mesedilla
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>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Rafael R. Sevilla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>   Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 2:03 PM
>   To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   Subject: Re: [plug] ports and ssh!
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>
>
>
>   On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Fritz Mesedilla wrote:
>
>   > RE: [plug] DHCP Problem
>   > uh... can anyone please advice me what these ports are for?
>   >
>   > 113
>
>   113 is ident, I believe.  Make sure you really need it.
>
>   > 587
>
>   Check what program is listening with netstat -anp
>
>   >
>   > i'm using red hat linux 7.0.
>   >
>   > please tell me these are not rootkit or any other exploits.
>   >
>
>   113 is probably not one.  Dunno about 587.
>
>   > i have installed openssh successfully. but the problem lies in getting
>   > a free gui ssh for my officemates. madali using ssh pero teaching
>   > people to use ssh instead of telnet is hard. and besides they like to
>   > just type "telnet domain" in run of windows.
>   >
>
>   I know what that's like...  Been fighting that almost ever since I got
>   into this company. :)
>
>   > does anyone know of a good gui for ssh?
>   >
>
>   Try PuTTY (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
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