:: [DNG] UDP ports used by chromium
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Autor: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Betreff: [DNG] UDP ports used by chromium
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 08:00:02PM -0400, Tiger automatic auditor at april wrote:
> # Checking listening processes
> OLD: --WARN-- [lin003w] The process `chromium' is listening on socket 5353 (UDP on every interface) is run by hendrik.
> NEW: --WARN-- [lin003w] The process `smtpd' is listening on socket 25 (TCP on every interface) is run by postfix.


No worries about socket 25. That what mail does.

But why, why, is a browser listening on a socket that's used for printer
discovery? Is the browser acting as a printer proxy for everyone on the LAN?
Why?

-- hendrik