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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