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=============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ =============================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:00:42 -0800 From: Brian High <address@hidden> To: Mike Schmidt <address@hidden> Subject: Re: 19991214: What is the port 113 used for? (fwd) Mike, Okay, well last night I opened up that port for LAN to WAN (Internet), and I still got dropped packets, so you have done a good job at explaining why. Therefore I also opened up 113 for WAN to LAN access, just in case the client machine can fill the IDENT request. However, most of our machines are Win95/98/NT4. Since last night, 7 to 8 hosts have tried to get to our LAN for these services. What exactly does the client tell the host, anyway? Finger info? --Brian High Network Administrator Analytical Resources, Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Schmidt <address@hidden> To: Brian High <address@hidden> <address@hidden> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 12:40 PM Subject: Re: 19991214: What is the port 113 used for? (fwd) > Brian, > > Port 113 supports what is known as an IDENT service. Basically, it trys > to determine the remote user of a given client network connection. > Yesterday, our web server (128.117.149.62) logged several connections from > mail.arilabs.com (206.129.115.118) to which it attempts a connection on