[cobalt-users] Re: odd results (SNPP) on netstat -a

[Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Once upon a time, A Larter <alarter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Back again. I've found some more odd behaviour, this time on the snpp
> port. This is on a Qube3. It functions as a firewall for a small network
> and died for about five minutes. Immediately after it came back up, I
> logged into it and saw the following on netstat -a:
> 
> tcp        0      0 my-machine.client:snpp aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:1088
> TIME_WAIT
<snip>
> I'm wondering what causes this. The only thing I can think of is that
> it's the web management tool. The IP listed was that of the machine of
> someone who would have logged into the tool to look at the status of
> various things.

Yes, if you do a non-secure login to the web interface of the Qube3 (or
RaQXTR or RaQ550), it will show up as "snpp".  Cobalt/Sun uses port 444
for this, which is assigned to the Simple Network Paging Protocol.
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Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.