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Re: [PEN-TEST] question
From: "Plague, Grandmaster" <GrandmastrPlague () AOL COM>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:01:39 EST
Ports 137 and 138 are used by windows for netbios stuff. Just about every windows machine has them open, but they aren't necessarily of any use. This means that most likely, 123banners.com is a winnt machine, and thus has netbios running. You can disable this on the machine, but my guess is that the person who runs it A) doesn't care, or B) lacks the technical prowess *snicker* to disable these services. I'm not sure if I answered your question or not. But I would recommend that next time you have a question about some particular ports, you consult http://www.portsdb.org or your friendly local (no pun intended) services file. Hope I was of some help. Grandmaster Plague
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