IEXPLORE TCP Ports: 3030-3032

[VinceT]

does anyone know why IE listens for incoming traffic on ports:

TCP 3030
TCP 3031
TCP 3032

according to personal firewall those ports were listed.

using ActivePorts, IE was listening to TCP port 3030.

netstat -an displayed the following:

TCP 127.0.0.1:1582 127.0.0.1:3031 CLOSE_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:1583 127.0.0.1:3031 CLOSE_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:1584 127.0.0.1:3031 CLOSE_WAIT
TCP 127.0.0.1:1586 127.0.0.1:3031 CLOSE_WAIT


All Ports were for TCP on the loopback address. I read a couple
threads regarding the UDP ports and loopack address being used for
IE's cache..., however I couldn't find any threads for TCP and these
Port numbers.

* I should state that the Ports are not constantly open but opens
periodically, which I'm trying to track.

The IE version is: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633

Thanks!
Vince

 

[Barney Mowder]

Vince-

This is a good place to see what the ports are used for:

http://andrew.triumf.ca/cgi-bin/port/

As to why IE is listening to them, it depends on (among other things)
what plug-ins are attached to IE, and what software is installed on
your machine which uses IE for it's browser interface. Good luck...

Barney