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From: Mills@UDEL.EDU
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Subject: Re:  Why are these hosts trying to connect?
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Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 13:48:38 EDT
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Steve,

Your observations are consistent with the scenario that you try to initiate
a TCP connection, give up after too short a time, then receive a SYN/ACK
from your destination, who might not have given up yet. The clue is the port
number, which is outside the range assigned most defined services.

Dave