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Port scan says only 80 & 443 R open

Name: Steve Hopper
Date: June 24, 2008 at 03:53:07 Pacific
OS: XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: 1.6Ghz with 1Gb RAM
Product: Chr'ony

Comment:

Is ths normal? Only two ports seen as open (80 and 443), ref. Port Detective scan. And yes I'm running no Windows firewall, but do run another firewall (Blink Personal's). Suppose it's normal as everything works (more or less). Regards and hap-e-trails, Steve Hopper

Name: guapo
Date: June 24, 2008 at 05:39:25 Pacific

Reply:

The less ports opened, the more secure the machine. Try another port scanner if you think it's missing something.

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Name: StuartS
Date: June 24, 2008 at 08:12:20 Pacific

Reply:

Port 80 and 443 open is normal as they are where WWW communications go through. Port 80 is the default port for http and 443 for https. Any other ports that are needed will be opened by the applications as needed. Stuart

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Name: Steve Hopper
Date: June 24, 2008 at 14:12:46 Pacific

Reply:

Thanks for repiles. Good to hear. Assumed that, but you know what they say about assuming. Regards and hap-e-trails, Steve Hopper

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