On Nov 21, 2007 6:24 PM, Thilo Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Soren Hansen wrote the following on 21.11.2007 13:23 > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:43:10PM +0100, Thilo Six wrote: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo netstat -upna | grep dhclient > >>> udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:* > >>> 6708/dhclient > >> ^^^^ > >>> is it only accessible from inside? > >> dhclient is no service > > > > It listens for DHCP responses and alters your network configuration as a > > result of those responses. That counts as a service in my book. > > My Firefox sends out a HTTP request and alters the viewed content as a result > of this, but for sure i won´t call Firefox a "service". > > A service stays where it is a waits for *incomming* requests (dhcp*d*), a > client walks out and *does* a request (dhclient).
if you use dhcp, issue this command : "sudo netstat -upna | grep dhclient" You'll see that dhclient, is listening on udp port 68, if it listens on a port > > That´s my definition > > > -- > Thilo > > key: 0x4A411E09 > > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- Sebastien Estienne -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
