Yeah, I'd realised that .... if you could provide a list of all the different ports that would be helpful (or is there just too many?). The reason is, the actual port number identifies which applications are communicating (or trying to communicate) with each other. For example, email always uses one specific port number, ftp always uses a different specific port number, etc... that's why I wanted to know what the port numbers are ...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Greenage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [freenet-support] local host > > XXXX=whatever port is being accessed such as port 1104, 1106 etc. > > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 6/23/04 9:39:25 AM > > Subject: Re: [freenet-support] local host > > > > > Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape and Internet Explorer. I also tried > Windows > > > Media Player as an experiment and it happened with that program also. I > > > never allow MP to connect to the internet...I only use it when I am not > > > online. I use Zone alarm as a software firewall and I allow it to "show" > > > blocked sites every so often as a " check" to see what is trying to > access > > > my pc. This time I kept getting the destination ip 127.0.0.1: port XXXX > > > application: firefox.exe for example. > > > Does this answer your question? > > > > I think so - so ZoneAlarm is reporting that all of these applications are > > trying to access port XXXX on 127.0.0.1 > > > > What is XXXX by the way? > > > > It is almost always perfectly safe for software to connect to ports on ip > > 127.0.0.1. A lot of software services are listening on specific ports > > and one way for applications running on the same computer to communicate > > with each other is to create connections to 127.0.0.1:SOME PORT > > > > Perhaps you changed your Zone Alarm settings when you installed Freenet, > > and now it is simply reporting more connections than it used to? I think > > the default settings for Zone Alarm do not bother reporting connections to > > 127.0.0.1 as that simply means applications on your PC are communicating > > with each other, and it's usually perfectly safe. > > > > d > > _______________________________________________ > > Support mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > > Unsubscribe at > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
