TCP - Listening Socket

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TCP - Listening Socket

About

server create connection (sockets) on start up that are in listening state.

These sockets are waiting for initiatives from client programs.

A process can be configured to listen only on certain IP. See What is Address binding ?

Command

List the services listening on your OS with netstat 

netstat -ntlp

More, see What is Address binding ?




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