Re: [Nolug] ports

-ray <ray@ops.selu.edu> writes:

>
> Yea that's right, 0.0.0.0 is an alias for "everything". In other words,
> sshd is listening on port 22 on every interface and every ip address on
> your box. Openssh does that by default. Nothing to do with dhcp, but if
> you want to port forward, you should give the linux box a static ip. FYI
> you'll also see 0.0.0.0 show up as your default route (netstat -rn), ie a
> route to "everything else".

Even with a static IP the 0.0.0.0:22 will be in the output of 'netstat -an'.
This is normal. Here's what mine says:
netstat -an | grep 22
tcp 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN

I've got IPv6 running. that's the alias for "anything" on IPv6.

-- 
Scott Harney<scotth@scottharney.com>
"...and one script to rule them all."
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