On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 12:04:39PM -0700, Jeff wrote: > This means that you have a process that's listening for anything > for that protocol. Usually this is a firewall with rules > specific to icmp and tcp in this case. I had read something similar to that before.
My problem is finding which process it is that is listening for such traffic. At the moment I have no firewall operating on my machine. I found the following and wonder whether if it is of any help: *Re: raw socket *:6 * *David S. Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) *Sat, 16 May 1998 13:12:44 -0700 * * *about the mid 2.1.90's of linux-kernel *raw socket with local address 0:6 appeared *in netstat and /proc/net/raw. * *it's companion, 0:1 has been there for a while. * *does anyone know its function? * **They are internal kernel sockets used to transmit anonymous ICMP and **TCP reset packets. thanks again. t.irvine -- Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor ne'er shall be. Alexander Pope, An Essay On Criticism. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
