[Iftop-users] Missing port number

[Paul Warren]

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In-Reply-To: <411E1ECD.2030401@buddydog.org>; from jdarnold@buddydog.org on Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 10:16:45AM -0400

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 10:16:45AM -0400, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> I installed iftop the other day and since then, there's been a
> connection that has been on the list. It doesn't show a port
> number, which has me confused. It's a "small" connection, and
> it looks like this:
> 
> *    <=> 165.165.246.178 960b 960b 960b
> 
> If I add the totals, it slowly goes up, being up to 8.91MB at this
> point.
> 

The lack of port indicates a non-UDP, non-TCP protocol.  This usually
means ICMP.  My guess is that it's ping, either to or from your host.

Paul