Re: open ports 25/tcp and 110/tcp

[Michael Gale <mgale@utilitran.com>]

Hello,

	Maybe because you are running nmap from a windows box ?

Have you tried a windows machine ?

Michael.



On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 00:08:36 +0000
Antony Stone <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wednesday 03 December 2003 11:58 pm, David F. Strauch wrote:
> 
> > Yes, Antony this is the case.  I have only one WinXP machine that I am
> > testing with.  I'm testing the external interface eth0 and I have unplugged
> > eth1 from the hub.
> >
> > When I nmap -sT -p 25,110 -P0 xx.xx.xx.xx I get the following output form
> > nmap:
> >
> > Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap )
> > Interesting ports on  (67.153.34.147):
> > Port       State       Service
> > 25/tcp     open        smtp
> > 110/tcp    open        pop-3
> >
> > Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1 second
> 
> Well, that just makes no sense to me.   If nmap -sT reports a port open, then 
> a telnet to that port from the same machine as the nmap test was done should 
> present a welcome banner (for services which provide one, such as SMTP and 
> POP3).
> 
> Maybe someone else here has a clue what strangeness is going on?
> 
> Antony.
> 
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Michael Gale
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