Multiple Localhost Socket connections?

Steve Stuczynski (steve@arachnid.convergent.com)
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 12:30:47 -0500 (EST)

I just installed Slackware V3.0 and built a V1.3.52 kernel for
Adaptec
2940 support.
When I do a "netstat -t" I see multiple localhost to localhost
socket connections and I have never seen this before. Is this normal? Why are
these socket connections showing up now?

spider:/# netstat -t
Active Internet connections
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (State)
User
tcp 1 0 localhost:904 localhost:687 TIME_WAIT
root
tcp 1 0 localhost:903 localhost:687 TIME_WAIT
root
tcp 1 0 localhost:902 localhost:687 TIME_WAIT

Steve Stuczynski
Convergent Media Systems
Systems & Networking Consultant
e-mail: steve@convergent.com