🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 1 Apr 2000 18:14:24 +0100, "Mark Hughes" <mark@compware.co.uk>
wrote:

>I've recently installed a nifty personal firewall and it is showing me
>that demon is looking for a service on port 25 (SMTP). Two machines
>probe my machine periodically while I am dialed in, and curiously they
>probe from apparently random source ports. See below for some sample
>probes....
>
>194.217.242.6 (punt-21 mail.demon.net) port 59652 to port 25
>194.217.242.34 (punt-11 mail.demon.net) port 44003 to port 25
>194.217.242.6 (punt-21 mail.demon.net) port 61112 to port 25
>194.217.242.34 (punt-11 mail.demon.net) port 45586 to port 25
>194.217.242.6 (punt-21 mail.demon.net) port 62413 to port 25
>194.217.242.34 (punt-11 mail.demon.net) port 47000 to port 25
>
>
>I don't wish demon to probe my machine for TCP/IP services.
>
>Can someone explain why demon appears to be probing my machine when I
>dial in?
>
>Is it part of the service agreement that they are able to do this?
>
>Please copy replies to mark@agilic.com
>
>Thanks
>
>Mark
Duhhhh this is an April Fool right?

-- 
Peter Sumner