Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Jean Christophe ANDR? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Cook ?crivait : > > What the > > What's wrong with 'lsof -i :111' and 'lsof -i :16001'? > > Nothing wrong with it! :) > > > It tells you precisely what's attempting to connect... > > Yes, except in his case there is no connection

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread ben
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 01:02 am, Jean Christophe ANDRÉ wrote: > Hi, > > ben écrivait : > > way overkill. 16001 isn't being scanned and 111 is the most common target > > after 25. you're suggesting that the guy turn his server into a > > honeypot--to what end? disable portmap and nothing can get

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread Jean Christophe ANDRÉ
Hi, ben écrivait : > way overkill. 16001 isn't being scanned and 111 is the most common target > after 25. you're suggesting that the guy turn his server into a > honeypot--to what end? disable portmap and nothing can get at 111. there's > a difference between simply securing a box and ass

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Jean Christophe ANDR? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Cook ?crivait : > > What the > > What's wrong with 'lsof -i :111' and 'lsof -i :16001'? > > Nothing wrong with it! :) > > > It tells you precisely what's attempting to connect... > > Yes, except in his case there is no connection

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread ben
On Monday 28 October 2002 11:59 pm, Jean Christophe ANDRÉ wrote: > Tom Cook écrivait : > > What the > > What's wrong with 'lsof -i :111' and 'lsof -i :16001'? > > Nothing wrong with it! :) > > > It tells you precisely what's attempting to connect... > > Yes, except in his case there is no conne

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread Jean Christophe ANDRÉ
Tom Cook écrivait : > What the > What's wrong with 'lsof -i :111' and 'lsof -i :16001'? Nothing wrong with it! :) > It tells you precisely what's attempting to connect... Yes, except in his case there is no connection since there is no installed daemon on this port, only some connection atte

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread ben
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 01:02 am, Jean Christophe ANDRÉ wrote: > Hi, > > ben écrivait : > > way overkill. 16001 isn't being scanned and 111 is the most common target > > after 25. you're suggesting that the guy turn his server into a > > honeypot--to what end? disable portmap and nothing can get

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread Jean Christophe ANDRÉ
Hi, ben écrivait : > way overkill. 16001 isn't being scanned and 111 is the most common target > after 25. you're suggesting that the guy turn his server into a > honeypot--to what end? disable portmap and nothing can get at 111. there's > a difference between simply securing a box and ass

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread ben
On Monday 28 October 2002 11:59 pm, Jean Christophe ANDRÉ wrote: > Tom Cook écrivait : > > What the > > What's wrong with 'lsof -i :111' and 'lsof -i :16001'? > > Nothing wrong with it! :) > > > It tells you precisely what's attempting to connect... > > Yes, except in his case there is no conne

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-29 Thread Jean Christophe ANDRÉ
Tom Cook écrivait : > What the > What's wrong with 'lsof -i :111' and 'lsof -i :16001'? Nothing wrong with it! :) > It tells you precisely what's attempting to connect... Yes, except in his case there is no connection since there is no installed daemon on this port, only some connection atte

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-28 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Jean Christophe ANDR? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > You may do something like that (needs apt-get install netcat) : > > - create a little script /root/spy.sh (just use netstat) : > #!/bin/sh > ( > echo "=" > date > netstat -lnp > ) >> /root/spy.txt >

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-28 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Jean Christophe ANDR? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > You may do something like that (needs apt-get install netcat) : > > - create a little script /root/spy.sh (just use netstat) : > #!/bin/sh > ( > echo "=" > date > netstat -lnp > ) >> /root/spy.txt >

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-28 Thread Jean Christophe ANDRÉ
> Jean Christophe ANDRÉ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You said "what would try to connect to my system's port [...] 111 > > from within my own system". I would answer "something that is > > configured to do so"? Jussi Ekholm écrivait : > Yup, but what? I suggest you to make a little program list

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-28 Thread Jean Christophe ANDRÉ
> Jean Christophe ANDRÉ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You said "what would try to connect to my system's port [...] 111 > > from within my own system". I would answer "something that is > > configured to do so"? Jussi Ekholm écrivait : > Yup, but what? I suggest you to make a little program list

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 22:19, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > Olaf Dietsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error \ > >> - Connection refused > > This means portmap isn't running. Connection refused me

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
Greetings, Yes, portmapper has something to do with NIS. If you want to stop it from running edit /etc/init.d/mountnfs.sh and comment out the line that starts it. As always, my generic advise about setting up IPTABLES applied here. Once you have set up iptables you can block what services are ac

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olaf Dietsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error \ >>- Connection refused >> >> The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduc

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jean Christophe ANDRÉ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jussi Ekholm écrivait : >> The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from >> this? It's just so weird as I'm not running NFS, NIS or any other >> thingie that should use this port.

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Noah L. Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 07:15:08PM +0300, Jussi Ekholm wrote: >> The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from >> this? It's just so weird as I'm not running NFS, NIS or any other >>

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 22:19, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > Olaf Dietsche wrote: > > Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error \ > >> - Connection refused > > This means portmap isn't running. Connection refused means nothing > > lis

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
Greetings, Yes, portmapper has something to do with NIS. If you want to stop it from running edit /etc/init.d/mountnfs.sh and comment out the line that starts it. As always, my generic advise about setting up IPTABLES applied here. Once you have set up iptables you can block what services are ac

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olaf Dietsche wrote: > Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error \ >>- Connection refused >> >> The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from >> this? It'

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jean Christophe ANDRÉ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jussi Ekholm écrivait : >> The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from >> this? It's just so weird as I'm not running NFS, NIS or any other >> thingie that should use this por

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-26 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Noah L. Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 07:15:08PM +0300, Jussi Ekholm wrote: >> The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from >> this? It's just so weird as I'm not running NFS, NIS or any other >>

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-18 Thread Olaf Dietsche
Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Olaf Dietsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 >>> from within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect >>> the worst? Any insight on t

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-18 Thread Olaf Dietsche
Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Olaf Dietsche wrote: >> Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 >>> from within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect >>> the worst? Any insight on this issue would cal

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-18 Thread Jean Christophe ANDRÉ
Jussi Ekholm écrivait : > The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from > this? It's just so weird as I'm not running NFS, NIS or any other > thingie that should use this port... You said "what would try to connect to my system's port [...] 111 from within my own system". I w

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-18 Thread Jean Christophe ANDRÉ
Jussi Ekholm écrivait : > The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from > this? It's just so weird as I'm not running NFS, NIS or any other > thingie that should use this port... You said "what would try to connect to my system's port [...] 111 from within my own system". I w

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-17 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 07:15:08PM +0300, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from > this? It's just so weird as I'm not running NFS, NIS or any other > thingie that should use this port... What do you get from: netstat -ntlp | grep 16001 --

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-17 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 07:15:08PM +0300, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > The same answer as a luser and as a root. What should I deduct from > this? It's just so weird as I'm not running NFS, NIS or any other > thingie that should use this port... What do you get from: netstat -ntlp | grep 16001 --

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-17 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olaf Dietsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 >> from within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect >> the worst? Any insight on th

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-17 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Grape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: >> Still, the connection attempt from localhost to port 111 puzzles me... > > Of the top of my head: Do you have any nfs services running on the > machine? I seem to remember

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-17 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olaf Dietsche wrote: > Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 >> from within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect >> the worst? Any insight on this issue would calm

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-17 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Grape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: >> Still, the connection attempt from localhost to port 111 puzzles me... > > Of the top of my head: Do you have any nfs services running on the > machine? I seem to remember

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Daniel O'Neill
Specifically, port 16001 is ESD (ESound) IIRC.. On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 10:55, Giacomo Mulas wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > > > So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 from > > within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect the worst? > >

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Daniel O'Neill
Specifically, port 16001 is ESD (ESound) IIRC.. On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 10:55, Giacomo Mulas wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > > > So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 from > > within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect the worst? > >

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Olaf Dietsche
Hi there (from Germany), Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 from > within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect the worst? > Any insight on this issue would calm me down... Port 111 is used by portmap. If you

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 from > within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect the worst? port 16001 means that you are running gnome, and is perfectly normal. Port 111 is the portmapper, which means t

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Olaf Dietsche
Hi there (from Germany), Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 from > within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect the worst? > Any insight on this issue would calm me down... Port 111 is used by portmap. If yo

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 from > within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect the worst? port 16001 means that you are running gnome, and is perfectly normal. Port 111 is the portmapper, which means

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Alberto Cortés
El mar, 15 de oct de 2002, a las 09:47 +0200, Martin decía que: > 15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > Of the top of my head: Do you have any nfs services running on the machine? > I seem to remember sunrpc beeing used by the nfs-server ... -- Fin del mensaje original -- NIS too. -- Albe

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Martin Grape
15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > Still, the connection attempt from localhost to port 111 puzzles me... Of the top of my head: Do you have any nfs services running on the machine? I seem to remember sunrpc beeing used by the nfs-server ... -- /Martin Grape Network and System Admin Trema (Euro

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 0, Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 > > Good afternoon (from Australia). It's a beautiful, sunny 26 degrees > here... Hih, it's snowin

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hash: SHA1 > > Good morning (from Finland). > > I can't remember if I've already asked this here, but this concerns me > quite a bit, so I'll ask anyway. So, 'iplogger' shows me, that there > has been connection attempts to port 16001 from inside m

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Alberto Cortés
El mar, 15 de oct de 2002, a las 09:47 +0200, Martin decía que: > 15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > Of the top of my head: Do you have any nfs services running on the machine? > I seem to remember sunrpc beeing used by the nfs-server ... -- Fin del mensaje original -- NIS too. -- Alb

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 from > within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect the worst? > Any insight on this issue would calm me down... Oh, and I forgot

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-15 Thread Martin Grape
15 Oct 2002, Jussi Ekholm wrote: > Still, the connection attempt from localhost to port 111 puzzles me... Of the top of my head: Do you have any nfs services running on the machine? I seem to remember sunrpc beeing used by the nfs-server ... -- /Martin Grape Network and System Admin Trema (Eur

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-14 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 0, Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 > > Good afternoon (from Australia). It's a beautiful, sunny 26 degrees > here... Hih, it's snowi

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-14 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hash: SHA1 > > Good morning (from Finland). > > I can't remember if I've already asked this here, but this concerns me > quite a bit, so I'll ask anyway. So, 'iplogger' shows me, that there > has been connection attempts to port 16001 from inside

Re: port 16001 and 111

2002-10-14 Thread Jussi Ekholm
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what would try to connect to my system's port 16001 and 111 from > within my own system? Should I be concerned? Should I expect the worst? > Any insight on this issue would calm me down... Oh, and I forgo