> How do you tell which application is running on which port ? i don't
> remember how to find that.
You can display applications that are currently running, with their
associated ports, using `netstat -a` (
http://www.ss64.com/nt/netstat.html )
There's also a list of commonly used ports in /etc/services.
> Reason of curiosity is I was looking at my logs from my home router and
> noticed alot of "hits" from a 'suspicious' ip address and has hit alot
> of different ports and I'm just wondering what they belong to. Feeling a
> little paranoia today i guess :-)
Sounds like you're being portscanned. AOLTWBBHN used to scan me a few
times per day.
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