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I was trying to check if any VNC is turned on so I tried

netstat -an | find "ESTABLISHED" | find ":5900"

and

netstat -an | find "ESTABLISHED" | find ":5800"

I got some feedback

 TCP    127.0.0.1:9443    127.0.0.1:58008    ESTABLISHED

What does this feedback mean? From How to check if anyone is connected to my laptop through TightVNC?, I understand that maybe a VNC is turned on but the address I got is a localhost address which is something I do not understand. Someone please help.

Han Angeline
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Look closely.  It’s port 58008.  This is just some random local TCP connection that has nothing to do with 5800 or 5900 (i.e., nothing to do with VNC), but it contains :5800 as a string, and that’s what find looks at.

A more reliable test would be to use find ":5800 " and find ":5900 " (with trailing spaces).

Scott - Слава Україні
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