What is a listening port?

The correct answer is A. A port that remains open and waiting for incoming connections. A listening port is a network port bound to a service that is in an active LISTEN state, waiting to accept incoming connection requests from clients.

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A listening port is a network port bound to a service that is in an active LISTEN state, waiting to accept incoming connection requests from clients.

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A listening port has been opened by an application or OS service and placed into the TCP LISTEN state, indicating the process is ready to accept incoming connection attempts on that port number. Tools like netstat or ss will display these as LISTENING, confirming the service is active and reachable on that port for initiating clients.

Concept tested: Network listening port state and definition

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/default-dynamic-port-range-tcpip-chang

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