Thanks Dennis. Hey..... I finally understand what ports are. Wikipedia told
me. Am I correct in my understanding that tey are a connection between an
ip address and a service?

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Dennis Kibbe <dennisk@sdf.lonestar.org>
wrote:

> Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > more to the point is there a list telling what ports are configured to
> use
> > what?
> >
> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
> <SNIP>
> /etc/services list common ports and services.  See man services.  Of
> course, you can configure a service to run on a non-standard port.  In
> the case of SSH (sftp is part of the SSH package) the port is configured
> in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
>
> Nmap can be used to find open ports on a server but should only be used
> if you understand the legal implications of its use.
>
> dennisk
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