Incoming from Bernd Eckenfels: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > >> > > Aug 12 04:36:53 towern kernel: |iptables -- IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= > >> > > SRC=201.129.122.85 DST=12.65.24.43 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=115 > >> > > ID=40023 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=4346 DPT=445 WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 > ... > > It all depends on whether you have services running on your machine > > that listen on DPT (445 in this case). If something is there to "pick > > up the phone" so to speak, anything can happen. That service could > > answer on another port altogether. > > Well, you need to check if DST= is a local address, anyway.
Are you suggesting that I might see stuff in my logs that was destined for a foreign IP? If so, that would make me an open mail relay, no? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]