Re: Checking Port Activity with TCPView shows a lot of sqlservr.exe TIME_WAIT

From: Eric Chamberlain (eric.chamberlain_at_newsgroups.nospam)
Date: 04/30/04

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    TIME_WAIT means the TCP session has concluded and the port is waiting until
    it can be available for reuse. The TIME_WAIT duration is controlled by the
    TCP/IP stack.

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    <vincentnospamsoremovethistomailme@marlonpointandthenbe.com> wrote in
    message news:u$dNnMRLEHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
    > Hi,
    >
    > I used TCPView (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/tcpview.shtml) on
    a
    > Windows 2003 server, used as a webserver. The server is behind a firewall.
    > I saw a lot of entries like:
    >
    > sqlservr.exe:1928 TCP 2colt397:ms-sql-s
    > rrcs-se-24-73-127-66.biz.rr.com:15628 TIME_WAIT
    > or
    > sqlservr.exe:1928 TCP 2colt397:ms-sql-s
    > rrcs-se-24-73-127-66.biz.rr.com:15628 SYN_RCVD
    >
    >
    > Is this a domain trying to find an open port to break in? What does the
    > TIME_WAIT part mean? Do I have to get worried or is this not that strange?
    >
    > Thank you for your advice,
    > Vincent
    >
    >
    >


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