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Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445
From: Joe Maimon <jmaimon () ttec com>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:56:32 -0400
Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
Surely we realize that this discussion is not concerning the oft repeated "Internet's Firewall" debate.On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, surfer () mauigateway com wrote:NetBIOS was never meant to be a WAN protocol, so no problem in blocking it.rule #1: do not be the Internet's Firewall rule #2: see rule #1
Its about containing a potential worm/virus outbreak. Call it a network wide quarantine.
The damages inflicted by worms/viruses in the past that we have all seen and are still coping with (C&C reports anyone?) are well known.
This is network self preservation. Otherwise the garbage will eventually suffocate us all.
Apples and oranges.
Current thread:
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445, (continued)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Christopher L. Morrow (Aug 15)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Gadi Evron (Aug 15)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Daniel Senie (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Christopher L. Morrow (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Christopher L. Morrow (Aug 15)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Shane Amante (Aug 15)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 15)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Christopher L. Morrow (Aug 15)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Randy Bush (Aug 16)
- blocking: What, How, Where Peter Dambier (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Joe Maimon (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Petri Helenius (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Christopher L. Morrow (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Sean Donelan (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Gadi Evron (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Randy Bush (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 Gadi Evron (Aug 16)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 routerg (Aug 17)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 James Baldwin (Aug 18)
- Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445 routerg (Aug 18)
- Fwd: zotob - blocking tcp/445 My Name (Aug 18)