From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I don't think so, I think the Remote Desktop function is turned on by
default???  I've just done a couple of OSX installs, and I recall that
being turned on in networking.

I'm about to do a clean install on a rebuilt iBook this weekend, I'll make
it a point to look when the default is finished.

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Glenn M.
"RobertB."  wrote in message
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> In article ,
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote:
>
>> I believe those are the ports that Apple Remote Desktop uses.
>>
>> We temporarily opened those on one of our NY firewalls so a contractor
>> could
>> connect to an internal mac to do some setup work for the user.  Both TCP
>> and
>> UDP are required.  Turn off the Remote Desktop Connection somewhere in
>> System Preferences and see if the ports get closed.
>
> Interesting. I don't recall ever turning it on in the first place. I
> wonder if they're required for Windows file sharing? Which I have used.

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