List Running Services and Open Ports

Check for remotely accessible services the Windows way.

Unix makes it quick and easy to see which ports on a system are open, but how can you do that on Windows? Well, with FPort from Foundstone (http://www.foundstone.com/resources/index_resources.htm) it’s as quick and easy as running good old netstat.

FPort has very few command-line options, and those deal mostly with specifying how you’d like the output sorted. For instance, if you want the output sorted by application name, you can use /a; if you want it sorted by process ID, you can use /i. While it may not be as full of features as netstat, it definitely gets the job done.

To get a listing of all ports that are open on your system, simply type fport. If you want the list to be sorted by port number, use the /p switch:

C:\> fport /p FPort v2.0 - TCP/IP Process to Port Mapper Copyright 2000 by Foundstone, Inc. http://www.foundstone.com Pid Process Port Proto Path 432 svchost -> 135 TCP C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe 8 System -> 139 TCP 8 System -> 445 TCP 672 MSTask -> 1025 TCP C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe 8 System -> 1028 TCP 8 System -> 1031 TCP 1116 navapw32 -> 1035 TCP C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\navapw32.exe 788 svchost -> 1551 TCP C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe 788 svchost -> 1553 TCP C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe 788 svchost -> 1558 TCP C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe 1328 svchost -> 1565 TCP C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe 8 System -> 1860 TCP 1580 putty -> 3134 TCP C:\WINNT\putty.exe 772 WinVNC ...

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