Re: not listening

Walter Roberson wrote:

Nothing listening for *new* connections on any port,
but you sure have something listening for returning packets.

Now would you please read RFC 793 and maybe also the POSIX standard to
clearly understand what "listening" means in terms of TCP/IP communication?

We have no reason to expect that the original poster is using a POSIX
compatible sockets -- for example it would be extremely reasonable to
suppose that the original poster might be using Microsoft Windows XP.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308259

The Portable Operating System for UNIX (POSIX) subsystem is not
included with Windows XP or with Windows Server 2003.

Oh noes, no POSIX for Windows !!!11
Now does this make a bind() and listen() work any different?

Beside that, WinSrv03 R2 has got the POSIX subsystem back.

If you recheck you will find that the original poster did not
specify TCP/IP.

So, what else could you conclude to be consistent with the terms
"firewall" and "port", especially in comp.security.firewalls?
.

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