Re: ghostly mail ports
From: Brian Bruns (bruns@2mbit.com)
Date: 01/10/03
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Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 21:30:18 -0500 To: "joe" <joseph.beard@btopenworld.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com> From: Brian Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
At 12:45 AM 1/8/03 -0000, joe wrote:
>I have a fairly good understanding of the tcp/ip model and i think i
>understand what ports are for! but i cant understand that on my box, i have
>the 2 default mail ports (25 and 110) open. Its a windows 2000 box, service
>pack three. Im pretty sure im not running a mail server of any description.
>
Port 25 is SMTP, and port 110 is POP3.
Are you running Exchange server, or have IIS installed? IIS has basic mail
services. Also, do you have Norton Antivirus? Earily versions of NAV
E-Mail protection install a SMTP/POP proxy which might be what that is.
Brian
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