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Date:	Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:20:33 -0700
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: port 1900 (was network printer)

In <200609010006.k8106CZ6027147@ylpvm01.prodigy.net>, on 08/31/06
at 05:06 PM, sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro) said:

>Yes -- that is the address of the router.
>Do I need to be worried?

Not unless you are running an OS that is not fully immune to the exploits
that utilize this port.

The wasted bandwidth is a minor annoyance.

Steven

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