Open (external) port after (default) install?

[Darren Critchley]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 10:13:46PM -0700, Darren Critchley wrote:
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>>Don't know if you have a firewall in front of Ubuntu that logs 
>>connections, but if you do, watch what happens when ubuntu boots up:
>>I have done two installation on two different boxes with two different 
>>builds of Ubuntu, and find that on boot, it likes to connect to :
>>216.154.195.60 on port 123 OR
>>213.84.180.73 on port 123
>>The first ip address resolves to http://forum.spamcop.net/ and the 
>>second one resolves to jansen.cx
>>Why is ubuntu logging into port 123 of these addresses on boot?
>>Now, if we are reporting things to spamcop, fine, but we should be 
>>informed, I do not like distros that report things without my knowledge.
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>Port 123, as a web search would reveal, is the NTP protocol, and this is
>Ubuntu setting your clock for you.
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DOH!, Yeah I should have examined the port before mentioning it and I 
would have put 2 and 2 together.
I don't think the brain was fully engaged yesterday. LOL

Darren