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Connections to dump()?



The dump command is a Unix backup command which dumps a file 
system to tape. 
The host is:
Name:    ping.CC.UH.EDU
Address:  129.7.129.7
On 22 Feb 2001, at 11:28, R. Ransbottom wrote:

> Occasionally my logs say stuff like:
> 
> > Feb 22 04:01:57 rir portmap[3945]: connect from 129.7.129.7 
> to dump(): request from unauthorized host
> > Feb 22 04:01:57 rir portmap[3945]: connect from 129.7.129.7 
> to dump(): request from unauthorized host
> 
> But I've yet to learn what dump() is.
> 


Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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