Re: OT: frequent accesses to port 563[456]

[Mostyn Bramley-Moore <mostynm@pcomm.hfi.unimelb.edu.au>]

> ippl shows frequent access attempts to ports 563[456] tcp in our
> subnet originating from machines all over the world. netstat and
> lsof show no programs listening on these ports. A websearch didn't 
> reveal any usefull information regarding these port numbers. Any ideas?

>From the FreeBSD /etc/services :- 

macon-tcp       456/tcp
macon-udp       456/udp

nntps           563/tcp    snntp        #nntp protocol over TLS/SSL
nntps           563/udp    snntp        #nntp protocol over TLS/SSL

m. 
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