using win OS. by using port scanners you are able to scan your puter for ports with all state, established, listening, etc... is there a way to find out which program or service that is using these ports? tq
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using win OS. by using port scanners you are able to scan your puter for ports with all state, established, listening, etc... is there a way to find out which program or service that is using these ports? tq
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Well, nmap will tell you the name of the service (yes, I don't think nmap has been ported to windows, but please get acces to a *nix box if you want to do this kind of stuff). Plus the web has some lists to help you, like: bad service list and Port guide.
Happy reading (and happy linux installing ;)
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Nmap is available for Windows NT and will probably run under other Win versions aswell :D .
You can find the NmapNT page at eEye Digital Security, it lacks some of the good features found when running under a *nix box, but it's a quite good port scanner.
downloaded and tried nmapnt, mcafee anti virii prompted new backdoor virii on the .exe :confused:
anyway, i tried it tho but wasnt that successful. oh i tried it on xp...
any other methods?
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NMAP will only tell you what ports are open, not what services are using the port. If it is a standard RFC defined port, (21, 23, 25, etc.) then it is easy. Otherwise, I do not know of a way to find out other than stopping services one-by-one until the port is closed.
Try Fport, get it from www.foundstone.com
ciao
zone alarm will tell which program is going trying to go out and I think where its going to perhaps a firewall can help you?
Thanks Krang...good information to know. Although I have not yet tried it, I downloaded it and it looks like it will be sufficient for deBytes question
Use SuperScan and ShadowScan if you wanted to know deamons and services, and FTP soft
and you must learn a lot, and visit www.xatrix.org if you want to be informed...
Use SuperScan and ShadowScan if you wanted to know deamons and services, and FTP soft
and you must learn a lot, and visit www.xatrix.org if you want to be informed...
if using win os, could you use netstat -a to see what and who is on those ports
Oops, I ment using dos in the win os and try netstat -a, will give port in use and if their are listening and so on...
Oops, I ment using dos in the win os and try netstat -a at the command prompt, will give port in use and if their are open, closed or listening and also which program or service that is using those ports
I must say that I agree with this. A good firewall will show you instantly if some service or aplication or someone is accessing you, and it will also have a full stat of all your network and web connections(so you don't have to go to dos prompt and type those pesky 'netstat' commands) all at your fingers reach! But (I'm not trying to get into a battle 'bout which firewall is better) why everyone is advising to install "Zone Alarm", when the same kind of service(and even more) can be achieved with "AtGuard" firewall, I personally belive, that it's much better than ZoneAlarm, has more features and ad blockinh which as far as I remember ZoneAlarm lacks. Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong.Quote:
Originally posted by dspeidel
zone alarm will tell which program is going trying to go out and I think where its going to perhaps a firewall can help you?
thx krang.Quote:
its a good tool, only thing is that it didnt work on xp...
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I haven't used AtGuard since b4 they where assimilated, so I can't speak for the quality these days. I can mention that Zone Alarm is recommended by a lot of ppl for 2 reasons. 1) Its free. 2) It has in-bound and out-bound blocking(handy for denying trojans i-net access till you can remove em)Quote:
Originally posted by canada
I must say that I agree with this. A good firewall will show you instantly if some service or aplication or someone is accessing you, and it will also have a full stat of all your network and web connections(so you don't have to go to dos prompt and type those pesky 'netstat' commands) all at your fingers reach! But (I'm not trying to get into a battle 'bout which firewall is better) why everyone is advising to install "Zone Alarm", when the same kind of service(and even more) can be achieved with "AtGuard" firewall, I personally belive, that it's much better than ZoneAlarm, has more features and ad blockinh which as far as I remember ZoneAlarm lacks. Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong.
It really is a pretty good product for the average home user and if you need more advanced finctionality ie... specific ports configurations and moderately advanced configuration.You can buy the advanced version..Zone Alarm Pro.
If you want total control of your firewall...then get a hardware firewall or set up a *nix box with ipchains.
Also, would you be more specific on the funcionality provided by AtGuard? I really am interested to know if/how much it has changed since the old days.
Cheers
Well, sorry for my shuttered brain- I forgot that I have been using a 2 and something year program(Before the assimulation) It's part of Nortons Internet security prog now! Nevertheless, I must insist that this programm still provides more protection than 'ZoneAlarm', the old version is still free I belive(well here in Russia I got it for free<ik!>) The size of a distributive is about 600k- well ain't that nice!Quote:
Originally posted by Tortured Spirit[BR]
I haven't used AtGuard since b4 they where assimilated, so I can't speak for the quality these days. I can mention that Zone Alarm is recommended by a lot of ppl for 2 reasons. 1) Its free. 2) It has in-bound and out-bound blocking(handy for denying trojans i-net access till you can remove em)
Ahem, it provides everything 'ZoneAlarm' does - inbound/outbound checking, Rules Wizzard, Blocks Cookies(ALSO: Refers, your OS, and Browser type, ActiveX, JS etc)-privacy protection. It blocks ADS- now that is very HANDY!!! And so on!
Ofcourse, using a newest programm may seem like a pro, but I would rather prefer quality and stability of work to a 'newer, fancier, more user-friendly interface'!!!
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