Re: What is port 3 used for?

From: Ajmo (alanjohnmoore@yahoo.com)
Date: 03/28/02 

From: Ajmo <alanjohnmoore@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:32:50 +0100

In article
<Pine.BSF.4.44.0203231202560.2266-100000@chelsea.basta-matic.org>,
 Robert Joosten <robertj@wirehub.nl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > Mar 19 18:01:17 xxxx kernel: Packet log: output REJECT eth1 PROTO=1
> > x.x.x.x:3: 204.215.60.153 3 L=92 S=0xC0 I=49567 F=0x0000 T=255 (#34)
>
> PROTO=1 = ICMP. And your from port 3 to port 3 says: port unreachable.
>
> (S)he tried to connect to an port where no service is listening, so your
> machine return this informational message.
>
> Check your /etc/protocols...
>
> r,
> Rj
>
> .

Ok, given that I get at least one attempt per hour to get into my
system, does this mean that some of these attempts provoke this response?

Alan 

-- 
Alan Moore
Email:ajmo at infomediador dot com

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