Iptables output is not showing any connections

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 15.11.2004 schrieb James McKenzie um 6:04:

> Is there a reason that ports 50 and 51 should be open on my firewall?  I 
> looked at services and the process associated with port 50 is not 
> running on my system and there appears to be no service associated with 
> port 51.
> 
> James McKenzie

Both ports are open for VPN (IPSec) functionality. If you don't use VPN
then it is safe and good to close the ports.

Alexander


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