HB> Ok I don't pretend to understand but mine are different can you explain HB> the relevance: HB> [EMAIL PROTECTED] hoyt]$ nmap localhost -p 0-65535 HB> WARNING: Scanning "port 0" is supported, but unusual.
HB> Starting nmap 3.50 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2004-07-17 08:26 HB> CDT HB> Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1): HB> (The 65528 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) HB> PORT STATE SERVICE HB> 25/tcp open smtp HB> 111/tcp open rpcbind HB> 631/tcp open ipp HB> 783/tcp open hp-alarm-mgr HB> 921/tcp open unknown HB> 6000/tcp open X11 HB> 10026/tcp open unknown HB> 32768/tcp open unknown Hi Hoyt, nmap is a tool that scans open ports on your (or someone else's computer). As a quick refresher, these tcp ports are how other people access your computer's services (and how you access other's. For example, when you open a web browser to www.cisco.com, the browser is connection to port 80 of www.cisco.com, which is the HTTP port. I asked for this information to find out why exactly he couldn't get there. THis information is useful to you too, however. For instance, you have port 25 open, which means that you are probably running a mail server such as postfix or sendmail (postfix is a default service in a default mandrake install). You also are running an X server (which is your KDE desktop), you are running CUPS (a print server, as indicated by port 631 (internet printing protocol) being open. ______________________________ Justin Grote Network Architect, CCNA The Whistlepunk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) Phone: (208) 631-5440
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