Jamin Collins wrote:
>
> This is most likely a stupid question and I'm sure it probably been answered
> elsewhere. However, I haven't been able to locate a good answer on it.
> What is port 113 used for normally, and should I have this port accessible
> on my company's firewall? I'm asking because after checking the logs this
> morning I see several requests from what I would normally consider to be
> reputable sources on this port, that my firewall has rejected.
Usually you can check your /etc/services for most of these low-lying
ports:
auth 113/tcp authentication tap ident
This port is used by identd (from the man page):
identd operates by looking up specific TCP/IP connections
and returning the user name of the process owning the con
nection. It can optionally return other information
instead of a user name.
mh
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