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Re: port 113



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.
> 



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