software port monitoring

Hi,

I'm looking for software that monitors ports applications use(or want to use) on a windows xp system; kind of like a software firewall that tell you "x program wants to access the internet through y ports, allow or deny?".

 

Programs will typically always use the same port, unless they are configured otherwise.

So, your best bet here IS a firewall!

For more information, you can use the good old DOS command, netstat

Code:

netstat -abn

Issuing this command should should show every TCP/UDP connection to your computer, the processes using them, and the remote IP and port numbers that it is using.

 

ok I just found tcpview from another thread http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/TcpView.mspx. sry for duplicate.

keep the suggestions going if you have them!


do all these programs monitor the ports if the connection can't be established or the connection has to be established to show up?

 

ok do listening ports absolutely need to say "Lstening" in the state column or can the remote address be *.* and still count as a listening port?