Port 5000 and Windows XP

2003-08-12 Thread Gene
I had reason to look at a Windows XP box and discovered port 5000 open on it. Subsequent research has shown that this is normal (albeit stupid). However, when I connect to port 5000, I get an HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request. Also, fport /ap shows port 5000 open, but will not associate an

SmartCards

2003-08-12 Thread Sebastian Schneider
Hello, are there any means to authenticate users using SmartCard technologies? It would be helpful, when primary configuration data could be saved to that card to support mobile users. Thanks, Sebastian -- straightLiners IT Consulting Services Sebastian Schneider Metzer Str. 12 13595 Berlin

RE: Anit-Virus Software

2003-08-12 Thread Dave Gonsalves
John, I have been working with Norton AV now called Symantec AV for a couple of years. It has done a very good job keeping us clean aside from the Nimda outbreak. We use their email gateway product along with the Anti-virus client for exchange. It was very easy to set up and deploy. I manage

Re: Increase in UDP Port Scans

2003-08-12 Thread Ranjeet Shetye
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 08:19, Gordon Brandt wrote: I have noticed the following port scans lately on my network 08/11/2003 05:14:22.112 - Possible Port Scan -Source:24.52.108.213, 1745, WAN - Destination:255.255.255.255, 7782, LAN -UDP scanned port list, 8777, 8777,

RE: Network scanning

2003-08-12 Thread CHRIS GRABENSTEIN
I don't think there is a really good way to do it. Filtering by MAC on the access point is good, but MACs can be spoofed. The packets of course can still be sniffed which could provide a lot of info. I'd recommend something like LEAP authentication with Cisco access points. You have to use

Blocking port 4444 for W32.Blaster.Worm

2003-08-12 Thread Steven_Paice
Hi all, I have just been reading up on the Blaster Worm, and Symantec suggest blocking TCP port at the firewall level; I was wondering if anyone has implemented this yet and if so, if they have any feedback on the results regarding performance, risks etc. Thanks in advance Steven Paice