Re: Port 1214 - Is It Used For A Specific Purpose?

From: Chris Faulhaber (jedgar@fxp.org)
Date: 11/25/01 

Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:00:17 -0500
From: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>

On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 07:08:33AM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I was looking over my firewall logs this morning and noticed that there
> are many attempts to connect to TCP port 1214 from different addresses.
> I've searched the web but found no specific mention of any standard
> purpose for this port. I suppose this is some sort of scan but was just
> wondering if anyone knows exactly what this is?
>

Probably KaZaa, a file-sharing network. See
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/75/241439 for a possible
explanation. 

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