Hi there (from Germany), Jussi Ekholm <ekhowl@goa-head.org> 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 don't use RPC services, you can stop it. I don't use it on my desktop machine. Try "rpcinfo -p" to see, wether there's anything running on your computer. Regards, Olaf.