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Re: Logging packets from iptables



On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 08:37:26PM +0100, Dave Smith wrote:
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> originating from port 80 of different computers on the internet.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 08:56:55AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> On 22-May-01, 16:50 (CDT), Chris Boyle <chrisb@wincoll.ac.uk> wrote: 
> > Firstly be aware that these are probably just responses from web servers 
> > you're browsing if they don't have the SYN (establish connection) flag set 
> > (80 is http). 
> Port 80 is http _server_ -- this is port web servers listen on, and

Yes.

> web browsers send requests to. Replies from web servers do not come
> back to 80, they come back to the client, at whatever (high-numbered,

No but they come back *from* port 80.

> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and
> read every list I post to.)

But do you read every post of every list you post to?
(sorry it was too tempting)

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