Re: [Q] login refused connections

[m* <mark@novare.net>]

Pere Camps wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
>         If I have a service disabled in inetd.conf, how do I log
> unsuccesful connections to that service? That is, I want to know if
> somebody is probing any ports in my machine.
> 

tcplogd, in the iplogger package, will log connection attempts in spite
of disabled services in the inetd.conf file.

for instance. i have telnet diabled on a machine. tcplogd will log:

Oct 28 13:39:56 big_brain tcplogd: port 23 connection attempt from 
some.naughty.user.net

hope this helps.

m*

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