Well, that's another thing. If you run Yahoo Messenger, Net Meeting, Napster, some additional ports might be open. Best, Vic ******* ******* ******* have you thought of visiting Cybertsar's Internet Kingdom? It is still alive! Here is the URL: http://go.to/vtsaran or http://kickme.to/vtsaran ******* ******* ******* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <bharding@xxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:44 AM Subject: Re: need a volunteer > Wow, portscanning his system showed that port as filtered tcp, and 135 as > open, 138 was filtered too. At least it appears that a connection isn't > allowed to the outside on that port, maybe 135 is for aol instant messenger > or something. > At 01:00 PM 10/29/00 +1100, you wrote: > >On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Brent Harding wrote: > > > >> In windows, ports 135, 138, and 139 are probably always open, but you can't > >> do much too usefull with them. > > > >hmmm. I only have 139 open on our windows box. This port is labeled > >netbios-ssn which is used for sharing windows drives and probably printers. > >If you have this port open on a cable network and someone manages to hack > >their way into your drive shares, no file is safe. > > > >Geoff. > > > > > > > >-- > >Geoff Shang <gshang10 at scu.edu.au> > >ICQ number 43634701 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
