Re: Mac OS X Port Numbers?
- From: claudel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (claudel)
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:04:05 GMT
In article <tomstiller-7E32D9.15484127092005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tom Stiller <tomstiller@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In article <1127850105.288841.254760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Erik" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Just to let everyone know, I followed the advice to use lsof
>> (specifically, lsof -iTCP:3824). Turns out it was Microsoft's
>> Entourage application. It seems it grabs a number in the 3000 range
>> every time I reboot. Interesting that it does that.
>>
>
>AFAIK it's part of the scheme to check for other copies of the same MS
>Office installation running on other machines in the network.
>
That particular process sends a packet from a random ( usually 49xxx )
port to 255.255.255.255:2222... The OP is describing part of the process
that Office uses to communicate between Office programs...
Claude
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