DSL logs

[Steve]

Port 113 is identd,  This is a daemon that runs on your box that identifies
the user.. IRC servers use it alot and the mail server uses it.  Not really
anything to worry about.

-Steve



On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 10:15:00AM -0800, E Frank Ball wrote:
> 
> I've had DSL for 2 days now.  I've been keeping an eye on the logs, and
> I'm wondering about some things:
> 
> Jan 25 23:55:39 zouave tcplogd: port 113 connection attempt from sofuku.monster.org
> Jan 26 00:01:07 zouave icmplogd: destination unreachable from localhost
> Jan 26 00:20:55 zouave -- MARK --
> Jan 26 00:30:54 zouave tcplogd: port 113 connection attempt from mail.sonic.net
> Jan 26 00:31:08 zouave tcplogd: port 113 connection attempt from mail.sonic.net
> Jan 26 00:50:43 zouave tcplogd: port 113 connection attempt from mail.sonic.net
> 
> >From /etc/services:
> auth            113/tcp         authentication tap ident
> 
> Can somebody explain what's happening here?  mail.sonic.net makes this
> attempt everytime I send mail or fetchmail, but the mail is working
> fine, and I think it is safe to assume that sofuku.monster.org isn't a
> friendly.
> 
> Also, is there a secure way to use fetchmail?
> 
> Thanks,
>  
>    E Frank Ball           frankb at efball.com
>    work: (707) 794-4168   home: (707) 538-3693