Re: what runs on port 9?

[Aaron Turner <aturner linuxkb org>]

Look in /etc/services.

In there you'll find that TCP and UDP port 9 is the "discard" port.
Basically the network equivalent of /dev/null.

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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Scott Tyson wrote:

> I've been getting some activity against port 9 on my server.  The
> intruder has been blocked via IPCHAINS but I'm curios as to what would
> run on that port?  How can I tell what ports of mine have stuff running
> against them to make sure I've got them all blocked appropriately.