rsync opening and closing local ports

Hi, I am noticing that when I rsync data between two machines I see a constant stream of ports, at least 20 per second, being opened and closed on localhost. I'm using the following rsync command: rsync --blocking-io --compress --verbose --recursive --partial --times --rsh=ssh mylargefile [EM

Cygwin, Telnet, XP, and starting applications...

After checking the archives and google, I found one reference from three years ago related to my question, so I figured I'd give the mailing list a shot. I have a remote system, with cygwin and XP pro, on which I can't run vnc or remote desktop. I'd like to be able to telnet in and start an ope