port blocks

Furmanek, Greg Greg.Furmanek@hit.cendant.com
Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:01:25 -0400 

run a scan on your machine. check open ports.
block any ports that you do not want to serve to
the internet.  Read ALL security warnings on the
current web server application you are using.
BTW ( the most hit websites are running NT and IIS )

The Wolf

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-> From: joel@silverw.com [mailto:joel@silverw.com]
-> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:59 PM
-> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> Subject: Re: port blocks
-> 
-> 
-> Exactly watson!!!  Windows indeed!!
-> 
-> - Joel
-> ----- Original Message -----
-> From: "Furmanek, Greg" <Greg.Furmanek@hit.cendant.com>
-> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
-> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:53 PM
-> Subject: RE: port blocks
-> 
-> 
-> > 139???  You must be running windows....
-> >
-> > The Wolf
-> >
-> > -> -----Original Message-----
-> > -> From: joel@silverw.com [mailto:joel@silverw.com]
-> > -> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:25 PM
-> > -> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> > -> Subject: Re: port blocks
-> > ->
-> > ->
-> > -> Well, actually, this is the router in front of our web
-> > -> servers.  The only
-> > -> port I am currently blocking is tcp port 139.
-> > ->
-> > -> - Joel
-> > -> ----- Original Message -----
-> > -> From: "Furmanek, Greg" <Greg.Furmanek@hit.cendant.com>
-> > -> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
-> > -> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:09 PM
-> > -> Subject: RE: port blocks
-> > ->
-> > ->
-> > -> > If you not serving to the internet block all from outside
-> > -> > and block all from inside except ports that are necessary.
-> > -> >
-> > -> > The Wolf
-> > -> >
-> > -> > -> -----Original Message-----
-> > -> > -> From: joel@silverw.com [mailto:joel@silverw.com]
-> > -> > -> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 2:52 PM
-> > -> > -> To: Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> > -> > -> Subject: port blocks
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-> > -> > -> OK, I was trying to get an idea of standard port blocks for
-> > -> > -> security =
-> > -> > -> reasons to put in place on a router.  I know that there is
-> > -> > -> no such thing =
-> > -> > -> as a standard set of port blocks, however, there 
-> surely must
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-> > -> > -> port blocks that you security gnomes out there 
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-> > -> > -> as standard procedure.  I will leave the can of 
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-> > -> > -> me unopened as a sacrafice for this arcane 
-> knowledge. Thanks.
-> > -> > ->
-> > -> > -> - Joel
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