[rescue] OT: open TCP port - followup

[Eric Hall]

Eric Hall wrote:
> 
> Greetings all,
> 
> I was doing a quick security audit
> of my gateway box using nmap, and
> found this:
> 31337/TCP  open         Elite
> 
> Does anyone know what this is?
> 
Looks like the culprit is portsentry! After killing
it, that port is no longer open. Interesting. Is 
portsentry opening ports by scanning them? Perhaps
I shouldn't run it any more. Any comments on this?
I *hate* being cracked!

Eric

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