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 > > >
