Re: unknown port open by dhcpd3

[Richard Mittendorfer <jkerdawn@yahoo.com>]

Also sprach John Smith <netman1@home.nl> (Wed, 4 May 2005 20:29:50 +0200):
> Hi All,

hi there.

> 	I saw the next line in netstat -an's output this evening on
> my firewall box. It's blocked by iptables, but any reason to get nervous?
> 
> user@firebox:/home/user >netstat -an|more
> Active Internet connections (servers and established)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
> 
> ... normal lines
> 
> raw        0      0 0.0.0.0:1               0.0.0.0:*               7
> 
> [...]
> Anybody know more?

things like dhcp, bootp and tftp don't use a protocol like tcp or udp - it's quite -aehm- "raw" :) 
think of remote booting boxes or tftp'ing a firmware to a remote router.

> Sincerely,
> 
> Jan.

sl ritch.