Hi,

> >Port 1900 is used by the SSDP (Simple Service Discovery Protocol )
> >Discovery Service in windows XP, ME and other windows operating
> >systems which implement universal plug and play. This service is used
> >to attach to plug and play network devices and services.

> So it's not only XP and ME, but also Win2k. You, as me,
> have installed IE6 and MSN so this could probably be the reason for
> activating this UPnP bullshit 

MSN Messenger is to blame. This topic was recently (Feb 6) discussed on 
Bugtraq. Just search for it. It's quite evil really IMHO.

cheers,

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Simon Edwards
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