here is the results of the two commands. im afraid that nothing of interest was revealed.
[root@zmail ~]# lsof -i
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
sshd 2739 root 3u IPv6 5811 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
sshd 10342 root 3u IPv6 488160 TCP zmail.whiteboardagency.com:ssh->207-177-241-32.dsl.redshift.com:51569 (ESTABLISHED)
sshd 10438 brian 3u IPv6 488160 TCP zmail.whiteboardagency.com:ssh->207-177-241-32.dsl.redshift.com:51569 (ESTABLISHED)
cupsd 18606 root 0u IPv4 210825 TCP *:ipp (LISTEN)
cupsd 18606 root 2u IPv4 210826 UDP *:ipp
[root@zmail ~]# ps auxww | grep tom
root 11473 0.0 0.0 4016 640 pts/0 S+ 18:12 0:00 grep tom
[root@zmail ~]# |