RE: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1

[Houser David DW <david.houser () zcswilm zeneca com>]

> From http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers

rap 256/tcp RAP
rap 256/udp RAP                         
                # J.S. Greenfield <greeny () raleigh ibm com>
set 257/tcp Secure Electronic Transaction
set 257/udp Secure Electronic Transaction
                # Donald Eastlake <dee3 () torque pothole com>
yak-chat 258/tcp Yak Winsock Personal Chat
yak-chat 258/udp Yak Winsock Personal Chat
                # Brian Bandy <brian () yakchat com>


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> From:         John Lauderdale[SMTP:hkit () hk super net]
> Sent:         Thursday, December 10, 1998 10:59 PM
> To:   firewall-wizards () nfr net
> Subject:      Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1
>
> I notice that ports 256,257,and 258 are open when our Firewall-1 is
> portscanned. 
>
> Does anyone know what FW-1 uses these ports for?  
>
> Should those ports be visible from the Internet? 
>
> Regards,
> John