On Friday 15 February 2008, Eben King wrote:
> OK. I killed all daemons with open ports (using /etc/init.d/* so they come
> up nicely), and there's still some network traffic, not much, but a little.
> It is inbound in bursts, around 700-750 bytes every ~10 seconds (on
> gkrellm's strip chart they're always the same size and very regular; the
> uncertainty is mine). No idea what they're from -- a SMB client looking
> for its server? Hang on, I'll go shut down the XP box... nope, still here,
> same size. Put the laptop to sleep? Nope, not it. Maybe the router?
It's common for providers like RR to continuously ping all IP's to make sure
none is in use that should not be. You can run tcpdump -nn to see which port
they are on.
Did you try taking down X windows?
--Steve Szmidt
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 15:02:03 EDT