Re: Another Try - More restrictive access to destination ports

[Nadim El-Khoury <nel-khoury () SPRINGFIELD EDU>]

Hi Everyone,

I do apologize for bringing this subject back up again.

Do you block outgoing traffic to ports like 53, 123, FTP, and so forth?

Best,

Nadim El-Khoury
Director of Networks, Systems, Infrastructure, and Information Security
Officer
Springfield College
263 Alden Street
Springfield, MA, 01109
E-mail: nel-khoury () springfield edu

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 7:32 PM Nadim El-Khoury <nel-khoury () springfield edu>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I sincerely do apologize if this topic was discussed in the past. I
> searched the Educause Security listserv archive, and the topic did not come
> up.
>
> We are considering creating more restrictive access rules to
> destination ports on our firewall.
>
> Has anyone implemented such rules? Did you announce it, and did you get
> any push back?
>
> Your comments, inputs, and advice are greatly appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> Nadim El-Khoury
> Director of Networks, Systems, Infrastructure, and Information Security
> Officer
> Springfield College
> 263 Alden Street
> Springfield, MA, 01109
> E-mail: nel-khoury () springfield edu

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