RE: port 113

["Andy Coates" <andy@bribed.net>]

Netbios related probes I think (windows machines).  If you don't have
any win machines, ignore it.

Easiest place for these sort of queries is google - plenty of people ask
the same type of questions.

Andy.

> Ok, but if the port is 137.... is that a problem?
> 
> jjj3
> 
> Andy Coates writes:
> 
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > Logs in my firewall shows me incoming connections to port 
> 113 of the
> > > firewall!! What it means?
> > 
> > Some service you or your computer is connecting to is checking your
> > ident.  Disable the identd daemon or comment out the entry 
> in inetd.conf
> > if you do it that way.
> > 
> > Usually happens when you IRC, or some FTP sites check.  
> Don't recall a
> > vulnerability for it.
> > 
> > Andy.
> > 
>