On Wednesday, 11.04.2007 at 09:21 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 02:03:06PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > > > > *unsure* I vaguely remember that Smoothwall used this port for remote > > access, I think. (i.e. you could connect to your own Smoothwall > > installation on that port to configure it. > > > > Reviewing what I was doing on the box last night: > aptitude was [still is :)] in the midst of downloading a package > > Konqueror kept not responding but; > > KDE kept Konking Out (requiring Ctrl-Alt-BS) > > (Konqueror works OK when accessed via SSH from other box) > > I suppose its possible that in the process of Konking out it made > connection attempts on the wrong port. I'm not really interested in > fixing KDE; I think I'll be going back to XFCE but using K apps. > > So should I forget about the port 81 attempt? I don't see any evidence > on the box that there's been a compromise. You misunderstand. This is nothing to do with you. Probably someone who had your (dynamic) IP before you used to run Smoothwall. You can ignore it. Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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