> can anyone tell me please what port 113 is used for. Cheswick and
> Bellovin say it
> is called "auth" and is generally safe. I see alot of requests to this port
Port 113 is generally used for identd, a client identification daemon.
Very useful for ID verifications from other systems your clients
access, particularly IRC.
Look for identd in your inetd.conf
Mike Idengren | MEISTER
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Center for Information Technology| Alachua Free-Net IRC Administrator
Stetson University | WorldWide Free-Net IRC Network Coordinator
References:
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port 113
From: jconnary @
shepards .
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