[Gllug] listening port not shown in netstat

Julian Somers jsomers at wiredocean.com
Wed Jul 20 15:20:31 UTC 2005


On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 03:50:23PM +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 15:41 +0100, Julian Somers wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I have a new Gentoo install here. When I do a port scan with nmap -sS I
> > get an open port that I didn't ask for:
> > (The 1660 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: filtered)
> > PORT     STATE  SERVICE
> > 22/tcp   open   ssh
> > 113/tcp  closed auth
> > 5190/tcp open   aol
> > 
> Are you  running an instant messenger client?
no
> 
> Or ... Block the port and see what stops working
I put
REJECT:info     net     fw      tcp     5190
in /etc/shorewall/rules as soon as I noticed it.
everything seems to be working fine

thanks, Julian
> 
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