Lockd was Re: (no subject)

It seems like on Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 05:13:14AM -0700, Sonja Michelle Lina Thomas scribbled:
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Orig Msg> This came across my logs this am. Not sure what it is. Everything
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Orig Msg> Nov 16 05:00:17 linux kernel: lockd: connect from unprivileged port:
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Orig Msg> Nov 16 05:00:17 linux kernel: lockd: accept failed (err 11)!
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Orig Msg> The address reversed to zdialup.phnx.uswest.net
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Orig Msg> Sonja Michelle Lina Thomas
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????? What does this box do ?????

rpc.lockd is the NFS Lock Manager.
It looks like an rpc service scan.
By itself it is nothing, if portmap,rpc.statd,or some other various NFS
daemon incarnations are running, you may want to shut them off and
do a quick audit.

If a firewall is installed somewhere on your LAN please filter
incoming to UDP/TCP port(s) identified by doing:

rpcinfo -p localhost

on the "scanned" host.

See:
http://the.wiretapped.net/security/security-advisories/cert-advisories/

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