ага, разобрался уже - сквид, собака.
а средство - sockstat
>подскажите пожалуйста, какие процессы заставляют localhost связываться с самим собой по многу
>раз? вернее, как их (процессы) определить?
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58303 localhost.58304 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58304 localhost.58303 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58301 localhost.58302 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58302 localhost.58301 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58299 localhost.58300 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58300 localhost.58299 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58297 localhost.58298 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58298 localhost.58297 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58295 localhost.58296 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58296 localhost.58295 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58293 localhost.58294 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58294 localhost.58293 ESTABLISHED
>tcp4 0 0 localhost.58291 localhost.58292 ESTABLISHED