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Subject: Re: tcp/udp port numbers
From: Alex Fournier <afournie @ emergis . com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 13:59:43 -0500
To: Don Shesnicky <dons @ Cadabratech . com>
Cc: Firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
References: <9711171657 . AA29135 @ moe . cadabra . ca>
Reply-to: afournie @ emergis . com

Port 161 is used for SNMP.  One of your stations must be running Network
Management software and is probing the network for existing devices...

Alex

Don Shesnicky wrote:

> Does anyone have a complete list of port numbers? I have a firewall
> where I am seeing traffic on port 161 but haven't been able to
> track it down. All of the hosts behind the firewall are NT boxes
> and I'm thinking that it's related to WINS. It seems that when I
> do a Network browse it starts firing off packets to all IP addresses
> on the other side of the firewall via udp port 161. It seems to start
> at one IP and then increment bit wise.
>
> I've found some web pages that list port numbers but they're pretty
> much the same as unix:/etc/services.
>
> Don

--
Alex Fournier
Consultant -- Bell
e-mail: afournie @
 emergis .
 com




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