Quote Originally Posted by mike*0*
What is an 'open port'?

A port which is not restricted by the user's firewall and on which there is a program listening and handling connections.

Explain how you could "go through" an open port. Ports aren't like doors that you can just enter if you find them open - the program listening on that port (for example, a web server) will not automatically grant you remote access; most software is not designed for that, thus the use of exploits. If an open port is an open door, I suppose you could think of the software listening on that port as the security guard standing in the door.

um dont really know im leaven that up to my boy :\