Mapping Those Pesky Ports

• Portmap (aka Rpcbind)

  • Runs on port 111
  • Maps between RPC service numbers and TCP/IP port numbers
  • RPC services register their service number, version and port number with portmap/rpcbind when the start up
  • Clients contact portmap/rpcbind to find the port that a particular service is running on.
  • Use rpcinfo -p to display registered services

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