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Re: What uses port/service 81?



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.
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