Interesting new messages in logs

2000-12-19 Thread Donald J . Maddox
After my latest update, I am getting LOTS of the following in my logs: Dec 19 12:21:04 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP ::0001:25 from ::0001:1286 Dec 19 12:24:08 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP ::0001:25 from ::0001:1299 Dec 19 12:27:13

Re: Interesting new messages in logs

2000-12-19 Thread Szilveszter Adam
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 01:20:57PM -0500, Donald J . Maddox wrote: After my latest update, I am getting LOTS of the following in my logs: Dec 19 12:21:04 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP ::0001:25 from ::0001:1286 Dec 19 12:24:08 cae88-102-101

Re: Interesting new messages in logs

2000-12-19 Thread Donald J . Maddox
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 07:33:49PM +0100, Szilveszter Adam wrote: On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 01:20:57PM -0500, Donald J . Maddox wrote: After my latest update, I am getting LOTS of the following in my logs: Dec 19 12:21:04 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP

Re: Interesting new messages in logs

2000-12-19 Thread Hasan Azam Diwan
To answer your first question, a port need not be open in order to receive connections. To answer your second, these appear to be IPv4 addresses encapsulated as IPv6 addresses. Dec 19 12:21:04 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP ::0001:25 from ::0001:1286 Dec 19

Re: Interesting new messages in logs

2000-12-19 Thread Donald J . Maddox
You're right that the answer to my question was IPV6 (I didn't have it compiled into the previous kernel). You're wrong that a port need not be open to receive connections. You will note in the log excerpt below that these are connection *attempts*, not actual connections. On Tue, Dec 19,

Re: Interesting new messages in logs

2000-12-19 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to Donald J . Maddox: open. Also, why the odd format in the addresses? Looks like some kind of IPv6 address... -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 5.0-CURRENT #80: Sun Jun 4 22:44:19 CEST 2000 To Unsubscribe: send

Re: Interesting new messages in logs

2000-12-19 Thread Donald J . Maddox
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 09:56:36PM +0100, Ollivier Robert wrote: According to Donald J . Maddox: open. Also, why the odd format in the addresses? Looks like some kind of IPv6 address... You're right. I compiled the new kernel with IPV6 enabled. I didn't have IPV6 in my previous