Re: Annoying pop-ups

["Paul D. Robertson" <proberts () patriot net>]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Mikael Olsson wrote:

> This is somewhat disconcerting.
>
> You _REALLY_ should be blocking all of 135--139, TCP as well as UDP,
> PLUS port 445, that got introduced in windows 2000.
>
> Windows networking is a lot more than just port 139, folks.
> Some of the not-so-clueful hackers haven't picked up on that yet,
> but it's a safe bet that the clueful ones have.

[snip]

The real message here is "Don't open Windows without a screen."

Given the prevalance of "personal firewalls" and their low to free cost 
points, it *really* doesn't make sense not to provide protection at the 
filtering layer.  *Expecially* if it's a laptop and you're hauling it 
around to foreign networks[1].  Double-especially if you're administering 
firewalls, routers, or other core infrastructure from the device.

Paul
[1] Foreign as in "client, hotel, airport..." not "Swedish." ;) 
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