Server consistently FTP'ing to itself

hey guys, have a question for you. I've been monitoring my /var/log/messages, and I consistently see things like..

Dec 21 22:52:34 bofunk proftpd[31283]: destiny.bofunk.com (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP login timed out, disconnected
Dec 21 22:52:34 bofunk proftpd[31283]: destiny.bofunk.com (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session closed.

I've tried restarting proftpd, get the same message. I then installed Pure-FTPD just to see if that would fix it, and unfortunately it does the same thing.

Dec 22 13:47:40 bofunk pure-ftpd: (?@127.0.0.1) [INFO] New connection from 127.0.0.1
Dec 22 13:47:40 bofunk pure-ftpd: (?@127.0.0.1) [INFO] Logout.
Dec 22 13:56:17 bofunk pure-ftpd: (?@127.0.0.1) [INFO] New connection from 127.0.0.1
Dec 22 13:56:17 bofunk pure-ftpd: (?@127.0.0.1) [INFO] Logout.

I'm definately no linux guru, but to me it seems like the machine is trying to ftp to iself every 8-9 minutes, is this normal? If not what are the causes it and how could I fix it? I've tried googling the errors as well as searching on WHT. I find threads of people posting their /var/log/messages file containing the same message, but no-one ever discusses this particular issue.

Also the logs display

Dec 21 22:44:06 bofunk kernel: NET: 1 messages suppressed.
Dec 21 22:44:12 bofunk kernel: NET: 1 messages suppressed.
Dec 21 22:44:21 bofunk kernel: NET: 2 messages suppressed.
Dec 21 22:44:29 bofunk kernel: NET: 3 messages suppressed.

What can I do about that too? Server consistently FTP'ing to itself Thanks in advance. I'd really appreciate any help someone can offer.

 

 

 

 

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