Re: Possible security problem?

Tony Cameron wrote:
> I am running a Mac G5 with 10.3.9 and have just discovered that at
> regular but intermittent intervals, several times an hour, the process
> nmbd attempts to make a UDP contact with a wide variety of addresses
> mostly US based, but some European, on various ports ranging from 135 to
> 62253.

If you are running OS X, see if your system has the command
lsof. If so, read the man page and use it to see what file(s)
are associated with the attempt to make the UDP contact.

The lsof is available on Linux, but I am too lazy to go to
my wife's G5 and check for you. <g>

jim b.

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