To answer your first question, a port need not be open in order to receive
connections. To answer your second, these appear to be IPv4 addresses
encapsulated as IPv6 addresses.
> Dec 19 12:21:04 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP
> ::0001:25 from ::0001:1286
> Dec 19 12:24:08 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP
> ::0001:25 from ::0001:1299
> Dec 19 12:27:13 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP
> ::0001:25 from ::0001:1308
> Dec 19 12:39:28 cae88-102-101 /boot/kernel/kernel: Connection attempt to TCP
> ::0001:25 from ::0001:1336
> Obviously, this machine is using log_in_vain, and it appears obvious
> that these are local smtp transactions. It is _not_ obvious, at
> least to me, why they are now being logged as if port 25 was not
> open. Also, why the odd format in the addresses?
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