> I've just detected a scan to my SMTP port, but I also have this in my
> logs (kernel and auth):
>
> * Aug 18 14:49:14 localhost sshd[22494]: fatal: Did not receive ident string.
Somebody did a port scan on your computer, probably hitting all ports.
That is what sshd prints if somebody connects to it but that somebody is
not a ssh client (and thus most likely can't respond to the daemon with
proper ssh conversation).
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