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Old 09-04-2011, 10:01 AM   #1
hx1993
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Multicasting question - spies are watching


please comment on my recent discovering of the following output because i feel that the government is spying on me:

Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:ipp *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 xcalibar-20110822:ipp [::]:* LISTEN
udp 0 0 *:bootpc *:*
udp 0 0 *:57937 *:*
udp 0 0 *:mdns *:*
udp6 0 0 [::]:mdns [::]:*
udp6 0 0 [::]:58160 [::]:*
Active UNIX domain sockets (only servers)
Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10349 @/tmp/.ICE-unix/1495
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7683 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10310 /tmp/ssh-DYBihk1495/agent.1495
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10350 /tmp/.ICE-unix/1495
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10391 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-5ff-0-15cfc13abd8d8
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10625 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-5d7-0-409f7f46cc964
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10691 /tmp/keyring-wCC9JT/ssh
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 13304 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-69f-0-73decefa7def8
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10065 /tmp/keyring-wCC9JT/control
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10826 /tmp/keyring-wCC9JT/pkcs11
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10854 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-608-0-1defa9dc6f82e
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10868 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-606-0-1d03cd3577de4
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10895 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-60c-0-2900bcd6d3d6f
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11773 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-640-0-2540c6bc2797
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11428 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-61e-0-71d4b73257a78
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11467 /tmp/.esd-1000/socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11471 /home/xcalibar/.pulse/00f63b2199c4c03381f5090300000007-runtime/native
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11543 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-628-0-13b3b33fd53cb
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11550 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-623-0-14d8cfd2d5b09
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11554 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-61f-0-15a4fb9d618f
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11570 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-636-0-36fef221f08f2
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11621 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-624-0-16e77123876e9
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11884 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-653-0-65c219bcd76c5
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12052 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-661-0-578d9a91848e6
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11939 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-64c-0-6eadc9b133403
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12080 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-662-0-72731e3c91e4e
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12311 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-66f-0-345c44bb9f276
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12337 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-66e-0-75895e65b91dd
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12348 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-670-0-1df82c1ebe7a1
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12461 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-67e-0-43988048713a9
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 8523 @/tmp/gdm-greeter-VsfZfXoB
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12491 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-681-0-437f9994dcac6
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12893 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-693-0-4aabdd0e5e3b0
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 5993 @/com/ubuntu/upstart
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 18253 /home/xcalibar/.pulse/00f63b2199c4c03381f5090300000007-runtime/cli
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 20571 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-97a-0-a135ec6e1d99
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 9284 /var/run/cups/cups.sock
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 26742 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-c42-0-4d52ff7d9b065
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 33566 /tmp/orbit-xcalibar/linc-c7a-0-460fb9c7e52a2
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7682 @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10323 @/tmp/dbus-a9EUmJgNOH
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 8679 @/tmp/gdm-session-JQNNCzbb
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6842 /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7640 /var/run/acpid.socket
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7153 /var/run/avahi-daemon/socket
 
Old 09-04-2011, 07:45 PM   #2
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... just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you.

From you output I wouldn't be too concerned, try 'netstat -tunlp' as root to show the actual process that is listening on the port. You don't need to worry about the unix sockets as they're local
 
Old 09-04-2011, 10:41 PM   #3
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What line is that do you think is the reason for your worry?
 
  


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