> Tony Smith wrote: > > > > How can i check which ports on my computer are open > > > i will be sitting on my server ? > > > > I use "netstat -an --inet | grep LISTEN" to show me which ports are > > accessible. Remove the grep to see active connections too. Also, check out > > lsof which will allow you to tell which processes are connected/listening. > > > > Tony This is great... 1 question though: Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State* tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:515 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN Since the foreign address is 0.0.0.0, does that mean that these ports are accessable by the world? Port 515 is the print spooler, so it sounds bad that that should be world accessable. TIA, Ron -- +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | Most overused words: feel, cool/kewl, fun, myBlah.com | | Most underused word: think | +----------------------------------------------------------+
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