Re: Port question

[Ken Pryor <kdpryor () gmail com>]

Wow!  Thanks for all the replies to my question!  You are all very
helpful and kind and I appreciate your advice.  Oh, and Matthias, your
English is just fine, no apologies necessary. :)
Again, thanks everyone!
KP

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Matthias
Brogies<matthias.brogies () tki-solutions de> wrote:
> Hey Ken!
> You don't have to worry!
> Port No. 113 is an relict of the old Arpanet world! It's named "auth"
> It was used to count and authenticate users on old machines!
> The first few years only servers had connection to the "Internet" and
> clients have started the searching on the net over the server.
> And the protocol auth was used to scan the outgoing tcp connection and to
> identify which user has build up the connection!
>
> I hope it will help you! And sry for my bad english!
>
> ________________________________
> Von: listbounce () securityfocus com im Auftrag von Ken Pryor
> Gesendet: Mi 24.06.2009 17:39
> An: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Betreff: Port question
>
> Hello all, I just joined the list and this is my first post to it.  I
> am a networking noob and am not sure if this is something I should
> worry about or not.  I just set up a Smoothwall Express firewall and
> later ran a Shields Up scan at grc. com  It showed all ports as
> stealth except one, port 113, which it showed as closed.  Shields Up
> gave my system a "failed" score based on that one port showing as
> closed.  My question is, is this anything I need to worry about and,
> if so, how might I fix it?
> Thanks to all who offer their knowledge and help to those of us just
> getting started.
> Ken Pryor
>
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