Re: Securing webmail - changing a port necessary to ensure security?

["Phillip McCollum" <PMcCollum () sanmanuel com>]

Ooops, read through the posting too quickly.  Was thinking of blocking the source port and not the destination.  Sorry 
about that.  Thanks,


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> I may be wrong here, but as far as affecting clients accessing the webmail from another organization, it shouldn't 
> matter since clients normally use a random port number >1024 to access servers.  But I'm still pretty new to some of 
> this stuff, so someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.


Phillip McCollum
Network Technician - Level One
MCSE:Security, CNA, Security+, A+
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
pmccollum () sanmanuel com
(909) 496-0310


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