David Shaw on Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:32:04 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] MCom service?


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On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 03:44:39PM -0400, Mattison, Jacob wrote:
> I'm troubleshooting a problem with Apache and mod_ssl.  I can connect via
> ssl on port 443 from a browser on the local machine, but not from other
> machines.
> 
> nmap shows port 443 to be closed
> 
> /etc/services shows port 443 to be assigned to a service called "MCom"
> 
> Anybody know what this is, what it's doing on port 443, and how I can stop
> it?  Thanks!

It's historical.  MCom == Mosaic Communications, the company that
later became Netscape.  MCom is a very early name for port 443, now
called https.

David
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