Hi,

I did read the links that u guys have posted , but I still have doubts!!!

I typed in netstat -an

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1027 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1028 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1098 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1276 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1278 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:1282 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:4358 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:4365 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:4878 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:4879 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:4897 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 127.0.0.1:445 127.0.0.1:4897 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:4897 127.0.0.1:445 ESTABLISHED


What does this mean.?

UDP 0.0.0.0:2967 *:*
UDP 127.0.0.1:1038 *:*
UDP 10.0.0.1:1038 *:*


Also what does *:* mean and why is it for UDP

MRG