warning message from portsentry
What does this warning mean and what is causing it?
> Dec 20 12:02:10 tc portsentry[540]: attackalert: Possible stealth scan
> from unknown host to TCP port: 111 (accept failed)
I get it when I run a 2.4 kernel but not when I run a 2.2 kernel so I
believe it's something internal to my system. There are hundreds of them
every hour.
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places all services in the hands of an arbitrary, central
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-- Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)
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