Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
Jeff D wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, AG wrote: I was going through the hardinfo application and when I got to "IP connections" I noticed the following connections have the "Established" status using TCP and both on port 443 (SSL and HTTPS). One of these connections is to 71.62.0.176 (which do

Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
Kevin Ross wrote: AG wrote: What applications could I have on my machine that would establish tcp connections with either of these using ssl/https? You can determine what program opened a particular connection by running "netstat -p". Running as root usually gives better results. -- Kevin

Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
Brian wrote: On Fri 24 Jul 2009 at 19:15:45 +0100, AG wrote: Also, although I was under the impression that the portmap service was not enabled at boot up, it would appear that it is running in the background. I recall that portmap used to be a security risk, but is this still the case

Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread Jeff D
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, AG wrote: > I was going through the hardinfo application and when I got to "IP > connections" I noticed the following connections have the "Established" status > using TCP and both on port 443 (SSL and HTTPS). > > One of these connections is to 71.62.0.176 (which doesn't seem

Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread Kevin Ross
AG wrote: What applications could I have on my machine that would establish tcp connections with either of these using ssl/https? You can determine what program opened a particular connection by running "netstat -p". Running as root usually gives better results. -- Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread Brian
On Fri 24 Jul 2009 at 19:15:45 +0100, AG wrote: > Also, although I was under the impression that the portmap service was > not enabled at boot up, it would appear that it is running in the > background. I recall that portmap used to be a security risk, but is > this still the case and shoul

[SOLVED] Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
AG wrote: I was going through the hardinfo application and when I got to "IP connections" I noticed the following connections have the "Established" status using TCP and both on port 443 (SSL and HTTPS). One of these connections is to 71.62.0.176 (which doesn't seem to have a listing in the w