Netstat Network Tool results

[Red Rebel]

Netstat Network Tools is showing these active network services. (sorry I could not show screen

protocol ip source port/service state

tcp 127.0.0.1 631 listen
udp 0.0.0.0 59669
udp 0.0.0.0 68
udp 0.0.0.0 5353

by the way, uder "Events", on the Firestarter Firewall Configuration Application, these do not come up? Can someone tell me what these active network services are, and are the normal? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[slowth5]

Hi Red Rebel,

sudo netstat -pantu

This will give you the program for the tcp and udp connections, without all of the sockets. My netstat output mirrors yours, so I'm assuming it's normal.

[jerome1232]

Port 631 on 127.0.0.1

That is the cups daemon listening on for local connections only (so no remote computer can even attempt exploiting it the connections will just get dropped) cups is the linux printing service.

port 68 is dhcpd, it is necessary for the automatic allocation of ip addresses on your local network.

Port 5353 is Avahi

Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network. This means that you can plug your laptop or computer into a network and instantly be able to view other people who you can chat with, find printers to print to or find files being shared.

port 59669 I'm actually not sure what that is it's not running on my system...

[Red Rebel]

port 59669 I'm actually not sure what that is it's not running on my system...

thanks for the info. I will try to research port 59669 further....

[Red Rebel]

Well, I checked netstat tools again, and port 59669 is gone, instead, 33333 appeared in its place. Ran sudo netstat -pantu and it shows: udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:33333 0.0.0.0:* 4542/avahi-daemon:

[slowth5]

It searches random ports because it's a local network discovery tool. I've looked into avahi-daemon a bit more, and I don't require the service it provides, so I deleted it.