What is ftp.symantec.com ftp(21)?in net connections

Norton Security | Norton Internet Security
1

Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur. Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Morbi leo risus, porta ac consectetur ac, vestibulum at eros. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor. Sed posuere consectetur est at lobortis.

2

Hi Stu

I normally wouldn't worry with it being Symantec but where the remote service port is usually a number of 4 or https80,it was as ftp(21) and the other larger number which I Have not come across before?So I'm just checking. I'm seeing what others may think who are more computer savvy than me.

thanks for your answer, appreciate it. Mo

3

Port 21 is the standard port for FTP or File Transfer Protocol.     So it would appear a file was being transfered.  now where does the 61554 number come into play?

4

Hi 4runner

I was in the blog section of Norton,If that makes a difference?thanks for the ftp explanation.

Cheers Mo

5

Hi

Was sitting browsing these forums and thought I would check my net connections as I do occasionally when I noticed this connection as well as this one FTP.symantec.com 61554.they don't look like normal connections that I see in the log.Are they OK???and what are they would be great to know.

thanks Mo

6

Were you watching a video that’s on the Norton Protection Blog? That’s probably what the connection was, the embedded video was being accessed.

7

Hi Tony

I was at Marians post then I flipped thru a few different parts of Nortons site.I was in the protection pages/library but can't recall any Videos as my PC is small it can take forever for videos to load so I may have skipped thru a page without waiting for it to load.Hope that makes sense.thanks for your help on this.

Mo

8

Hi Mo,


I know for certain that this blog post has a large embedded video housed on ftp.symantec.com. I'll bet that was the culprit.

 

Sorry for the scare.

 

Cheers,

1 Like
9

Thanks Dave

It dosnt take much to scare a cat!!!:smileywink:

Cheers Mo

10

As it is a Symantec ftp it sounds reasonable to me