This time Jim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: >> The -l just lists ports that are in the act of listening, whereas active >> connections are listed separately. For instance, if you have another >> computer on your home network (B), ssh from B to A. Then on A, list all the >> TCP connections with a netstat -at. The listening ports (including ssh) >> will show a foreign address of as above, and listed separately below in >> the active connections you'll see your ssh connection from B to A. > > OK, but a potential connection (i.e. listenting) from Local address > 0.0.0.0:[arbitrary port number] to foreign address 0.0.0.0:[arbitrary > port number] represents a possible connection between what IP's? > So far, I have to assume that it is either any IP or no IP.
0.0.0.0 = any On TCP/IP networking, 0 as any octet of an IP is, for all purposes, a universal globing. That's why I hate people who set their LANs to use 192.168.0.x as their IPs...it drives me crazy, even if it's valid :) Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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