xfce-session has open tcp ports listening on 0.0.0.0, why?

[Mart Tõnso]

In my haste I forgot to add, that I am using debian etch, Package:
xfce4-session Versions: 4.3.99.1-2

Thanks,

Mart

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Mart Tõnso <xtimmu at gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed, that xfce4-session has some interesting ports open...
>
> # netstat -luptan|grep sess
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:41705           0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN     2254/xfce4-session
> tcp6       0      0 :::59545                :::*
> LISTEN     2254/xfce4-session
>
> Can somebody explain to me what is the purpose of those ports and why
> are they binded to 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mart
>