Re: TCP Port 1025 used by Win2K System.exe. Need for another appl

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That not true , that not Microsoft but IANA which registered different
protocols , MSFT only stand ( from the beginning ( including NT4 ) that
ports
up to 1024 can't be used because those IANA registered for well known
protocols
Arkady

"wadeinthewater" <wadeinthewater@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:083891F0-CD1F-49FB-90BA-1E26B2ABF31C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks, but these references didn't really tell me anything I didn't
> already
> know.
>
> I realize that ports 1024 & 1025 are a somewhat lousy choice, but since
> I'm
> replacing a legacy application, I don't really have an option here. This
> choice was made long ago - back when Windows NT 4.0 wasn't using these
> ports.
>
> I was hoping that Microsoft had enough foresight to provide a registry
> setting to allow the Win2K to use other ports.
>
> "Arkady Frenkel" wrote:
>
>> Look at http://www.tangentsoft.net/wskfaq/intermediate.html#svrport
>> ( assinged ports list on http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers )
>> Arkady
>>
>> "wadeinthewater" <wadeinthewater@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message
>> news:537D6B33-74F5-4492-B672-FE47D12CBF4C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Our application can change communications ports. However, we're
>> > replacing
>> > a
>> > legacy product (based on WinNT) that has been installed and running
>> > with
>> > port
>> > 1025, and are trying to avoid significant service costs at sites
>> > worldwide
>> > to
>> > have vendors come in and change what port they're sending to.
>> >
>> > "Poorly written" goes both ways. *Any* application that does not allow
>> > you
>> > to override the default port is poorly written.
>> >
>> > Any MS folks out there?? Is there a backdoor to fixing this problem.
>> >
>> > Wade
>> >
>> > "Phil Frisbie, Jr." wrote:
>> >
>> >> wadeinthewater wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I've got a network application that listens for DICOM (medical
>> >> > imaging)
>> >> > communications on TCP port 1025. I used TCPView and saw that
>> >> > System.exe is
>> >> > listening on that port, so my application cannot use it.
>> >>
>> >> A network application that does not allow you to override the default
>> >> port is
>> >> poorly written.
>> >>
>> >> > I'm not sure what System.exe is using port 1025 for, but I need to
>> >> > determine
>> >> > if there's any way to make it change the port it's listening on so
>> >> > that
>> >> > port
>> >> > can be used for another application.
>> >>
>> >> Windows is using a loop back TCP connection for something, and I don't
>> >> think you
>> >> can do anything about it since Windows allocates ports starting at
>> >> 1024,
>> >> and as
>> >> far as I know you cannot change that starting port number.
>> >>
>> >> > I've configured DCOM to use ports 3000-3004 in the registry using
>> >> > the
>> >> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\Internet\Ports value.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Wade
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Phil Frisbie, Jr.
>> >> Hawk Software
>> >> http://www.hawksoft.com
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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