Port 5000 and Windows XP

[Meidinger Chris <chris.meidinger () badenit de>]

service advertisments are normally IPX, which can be used anywhere that it
is implemented ... primarily novell

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Chris Meidinger
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79108 Freiburg


-----Original Message-----
From: dos cerveza [mailto:dos_cerveza () mail com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 10:38 PM
To: Stephane Auger; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Fw: Port 5000 and Windows XP


You are wrong. 
SAP can be used in many different evironments. 
Including Windows and Linux. 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Stephane Auger <sauger () cgsi ca> 
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:44:36 -0400 
To: security-basics () securityfocus com 
Subject: Fw: Port 5000 and Windows XP 
 
> I'm probably wrong, and if I am please correct me, but isn't SAP for 
Novell? 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "matt willson" <mwillson () sbcglobal net> 
> To: "'Gene'" <flyersfanindc () yahoo com>; 
<security-basics () securityfocus com> 
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 8:29 PM 
> Subject: RE: Port 5000 and Windows XP 
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> In your Network properties, there is a service, or client installed 
> called Service Advertising Protocol, which is associated with UPnP, 
> announcing and listening for connections. 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gene [mailto:flyersfanindc () yahoo com] 
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:02 PM 
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com 
> Subject: Port 5000 and Windows XP 
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> I had reason to look at a Windows XP box and discovered port 5000 
open 
> on 
> it.  Subsequent research has shown that this is normal (albeit stupid). 
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> However, when I connect to port 5000, I get an "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad 
> Request".  Also, fport /ap shows port 5000 open, but will not associate 
> an 
> application with it.  Am I overly paranoid or has this box been 
> compromised? 
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> Thanks 
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