Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:17:10 -0500 (EST) From: Spidey <spidey@jsp.umontreal.ca> To: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sunrpc, printer and unknown (??) port opened Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990304221621.24258J-100000@localhost.jsp.umontreal.ca> In-Reply-To: <19990304210253.B22633@winternet.com>
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Welll.... how can I find out what the 1024 port is??? And how can I refuse connections from anywhere else than local to my printer? On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote: > > > I installed nmap on my machine to improve security and remarked few > > mysterious ports enabled... > > > > Port Number Protocol Service > > 21 tcp ftp > > 25 tcp smtp > > 53 tcp domain > > 111 tcp sunrpc > > 515 tcp printer > > 1024 tcp unknown > > > > I know what is ftp, smtp, and domain, as I asked for them. But the sunrpc, > > printer and, most of all, unknown port are for me horrible mysteries that > > I _need_ to resolve... What is sunrpc? Is it a program listening for rpc? > > And what could unknown be??? > > I believe that 'sunrpc' is the portmapper. 'printer' I would presume is > lpd. Ports 1024 and above are unassigned (I think?) thus unknown? > > Good Luck, > > Nathan > > -- > > Nathan Ahlstrom > nrahlstr@winternet.com > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > ############################### ## Au nom de l'etat, ## ## La force s'appelle droit. ## ## Au main de l'individu, ## ## Elle se nomme crime. ## ## ## ## -Berurier Noir ## ############################### Spidey Visitez http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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