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| SunRPC - port 111 portmapper rpcbind
Provides information between unix based systems regarding available systems. Often, the first port probed by a curious cracker, because it can be used to obtain important information regarding the services available on the system, and is also valuable in preliminary fingerprinting of a Unix based OS. -- "Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor." Elizabeth I, in Francis Bacon, Apophthegms, 1625 |