[TowerTalk] OT about QSL.NET

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

Actually, ip uses a 4-tuple to identify connections: 2 ports and 2 ip
addresses. The port on the server end for http is 80, not the client
end.

So if someone is probing port 80, that means they're looking for a web
server on your end. It has nothing to do with running Internet Explorer
or Mozilla.

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, DF3KV wrote:

>> Now, Norton Internet
>> Security is informing me that QSL.NET (or someone claiming to be
> them)
>> is probing port address 80 on my computer trying to gain access...
>
>
> port adresses
>
> 80/tcp    World Wide Web HTTP
> 80/udp    World Wide Web HTTP
>
> looks quite normal, you will not get that if you stay away from
> websites  ;-)
>
> it is the transferprotocol  between the webserver you are adressing
> and the web browser on your PC

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