Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 21:02:53 -0600 From: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> To: Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sunrpc, printer and unknown (??) port opened Message-ID: <19990304210253.B22633@winternet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990304192843.7889B-100000@localhost.jsp.umontreal.ca>; from Spidey on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 07:32:42PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990304192843.7889B-100000@localhost.jsp.umontreal.ca>
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> 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/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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