netstat...what is this stuff?
 

I was fooling around with some commands and all these connections popped up:

tcp 10 0 h247.75.102.166.i:32885 xmlrpc.rhn.redhat:https CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 10 0 h247.75.102.166.i:32857 xmlrpc.rhn.redhat:https CLOSE_WAIT
Active UNIX domain sockets (w/o servers)
Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
unix 10 [ ] DGRAM 2764 /dev/log
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91866 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-c79-0-3a12e610639a7
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91865
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91864 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-16fd-0-78da77c3eece3
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91863
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91860 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-16fd-0-78da77c3eece3
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91859
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91858 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-c65-0-68536fff5d46d
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91857
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91855 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-16fd-0-78da77c3eece3
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91854
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91851 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-c63-0-287e69dddecfc
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91850
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91843 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91842
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91517
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91516
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91511 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-16b5-0-255ef569bede4

Can anyone explain what all this is?
Thanks

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91510
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91509 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-c65-0-68536fff5d46d
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91508
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91507 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-16b5-0-255ef569bede4
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91506
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91503 /tmp/orbit-hoffman/linc-c63-0-287e69dddecfc
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91502
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91498 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3124
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91497
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91490 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 91489
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 79038 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 79037
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 4154 /tmp/orbit-ho

One of the reasons I switched to linux is because of all the spyware, adware, etc. that always seemed to clog windows. I'm not a paranoid freak or anything, I just don't like running apps. that I never asked for.

No need to panic !

Stream sockets are local to your machine, and the sockets you see are used by Gnome.

Thanks. I was just snooping around the system.