[lug] what is gnutella-svc?

[D. Stimits]

"Scott A. Herod" wrote:
> 
> Dan, I'd guess that they're checking to see if you have a gnutella
> server
> running.  I think that some of the root-kitted boxes are being used
> as 'hidden' file repositories.  After hearing some horror stories about
> copyright police, I'd not be surprised if a lot of copyrighted material
> is being placed on remote sites.

This is what I suspect. And I'm guessing that gnutella is showing signs
of growing pains (my pains). I've firewalled the port (and it has
nothing running on the port either), it looks like I'm going to be
getting more hits.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> "D. Stimits" wrote:
> >
> > I had several hits from different sites, all on port 6346 tcp. Looking
> > it up, I see it is:
> > gnutella-svc    6346/tcp   gnutella-svc
> >
> > Does anyone know what gnutella-svc is?
> >
> > D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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