RE: Securing a Win2k DNS server outside firewall...

["Minneker, Andrew L." <alm () pcsbanking com>]

You'll want to disable netbios over TCP as well.  See this document for
instructions:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/secur
ity/prodtech/windows/secwin2k/a0604.asp


Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: beartman () thoughtworks com [mailto:beartman () thoughtworks com] 
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:48 PM
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Securing a Win2k DNS server outside firewall...

If it's a Win2K box....

In the Network properties of the NIC, double click TCP/IP, then click 
advanced.

Under the WINS tab, select the Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.  That should

do the trick.




"VNV Jeep" <vnvjeep () hotmail com> 
06/06/2003 12:05 PM

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Securing a Win2k DNS server outside firewall...






Hi All...

I have 2 Windows 2000 DNS servers sitting on the outside of our
firewall.
They're vanilla installs of Win2k server, both running as member
servers,
locked down as much as possible, running a primary & secondary DNS
configuration.  When running a port scan against these servers, one of
the
only things that tends to worry me is that they both answer to port 135 
RPC.
I've tried to figure out a way to prevent that port from being
available,
but all I could find as far as answers go is that I'd need to run a 
firewall
to block it.  I did try running a small firewall on the servers, but ran
into issues since DNS tends to use a myriad of dynamic ports when 
answering
queries... Does anyone have any good ideas on how to lock down a Win2k
server like this so that the only thing available as far as services go
is
DNS, and the replication thereof?

Thanks in advance for your advice...

Take care,
Mike

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