[CLUE-Tech] Corrected: open ftp port

[Brandon N]

telnet localhost 21


--- Cyberclops <Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> I don't know how to do that.
> Brandon N wrote:
> > 
> > or not, I just realized that is your dns servers IP address. but
> the
> > idea is the same.  telnet to the port and see what it says.
> > 
> > Brandon
> > --- Cyberclops <Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> > > I typed that and the results were interesting it says:
> > >
> > > Server: techanglegw9.verioco.com
> > > Address: 199.239.19.9
> > >
> > > Name: localhost.hawaii.rr.com
> > > Address: 127.0.0.1
> > >
> > > I don't remember naming my computer "hawaii.rr.com"
> > > that the email address that I use even though I'm connected to
> the
> > > web
> > > through techangle.
> > >
> > > I'm still wondering why I have an FTP port open.  Can you tell me
> > > what
> > > to type on my own machine to try to find out what it might be? 
> Can I
> > > look at the process management tool to try to figure it out?
> > >
> > > David Anselmi wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Amazing what you take for granted after doing this for a while,
> > > isn't it?
> > > > Here are some links:
> > > >
> > > > client/server
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci211796,00.html
> > > >
> > > > host
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci212254,00.html
> > > >
> > > > No entries for localhost, but here's some elaboration.  Sense
> 1) of
> > > host
> > > > (above) is a node on the Internet.  That means the machine has
> an
> > > IP address,
> > > > and (usually) a name that maps to the IP address through DNS. 
> So a
> > > local
> > > > host is one that is 'here' and a remote host is one that is
> > > 'there'.  I would
> > > > say that the distance between 'here' and 'there' depends on
> context
> > > and is
> > > > usually fairly irrelevant.
> > > >
> > > > On the other hand, localhost is Unix shorthand for 'this
> machine
> > > that's
> > > > processing for me'.  If I type 'nslookup localhost' then
> localhost
> > > will be
> > > > the machine that runs the nslookup program (I can telnet from
> one
> > > machine to
> > > > another, to another, so that the characters I type go through
> many
> > > machines
> > > > (hosts), but only one will run the nslookup program).
> > > >
> > > > Clear as mud, right?
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
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