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mysec
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mysec

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netstat question

When querying "netstat -an" one of my UDP returns is:

UDP 0.0.0.0:445 *:*

where 0.0.0.0:445 is the local address:port

and *:* is the foreign address.

I've not been able to find out what *.* refers to.

thanks,

-rich
HELLFIRE
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HELLFIRE

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Did you include the command switch to check what executeable(s) it may be associated with?

If this is Windows, dollars to donuts this is the Windows Shares listener -- »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li ··· _numbers

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OZO
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OZO to mysec

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It's UDP (listening) port and as such, it's connectionless (comparing to TCP, which has two connection ends). UDP packet could be sent to any address. Thus, the "Foreign Address" is always unknown (in other words, it could be any), which is indicated here as *.*.
mysec
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mysec to HELLFIRE

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said by HELLFIRE:

Did you include the command switch to check what executeable(s) it may be associated with?

If this is Windows, dollars to donuts this is the Windows Shares listener --


Yes it is. I don't have "shares" enabled.

The "exe" is Windows "System."

thanks,

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rich
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said by OZO:

It's UDP (listening) port and as such, it's connectionless (comparing to TCP, which has two connection ends). UDP packet could be sent to any address. Thus, the "Foreign Address" is always unknown (in other words, it could be any), which is indicated here as *.*.


Thanks for that info!

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rich