on my desktop!  I wouldn't call myself a security nut, but I do like to take a certain amount of precautions to keep my risk to a minimum.  This includes shutting down open ports that I have no need to be open.  If you don't understand a word I've said so far then stop reading because it won't make sense to you.  Anywho, ports 5800 and 5900 are currently open on my system...they are the VNC ports that allow for remote desktop access.  Since I'm running linux and can access everything I could ever want from a command line, I have no need to leave those ports open...only I can't figure out how to shut them down.  I've google'd to no avail, searched all the usual suspect files, but I'm just swinging and missing.  In past releases it was as simple as commenting out a line when the display server starts, but that is aparently no longer the case.  At any rate...I've yet to be beaten by a computer so I'll eventually triumph but it could be a long cold winter in the trenches!