RE: File and Printer Sharing still turned on after unchecked...confused :\

2003-08-09 Thread David Gillett
is to block these TCP/UDP ports at the perimeter with a firewall or router access list. Outbound as well as inbound! David Gillett -Original Message- From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 4, 2003 19:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: File and Printer Sharing still

Re: File and Printer Sharing still turned on after unchecked...confused :\

2003-08-05 Thread Rick Kingslan
The best way to answer this particular problem is that first, you're not alone. Second, it's very easy to confuse one protocol with another. Port 135, 137, 138, 139 are all associated with NetBIOS and NetBEUI - over TCP/IP. These are documented and standardized (well, as much as Microsoft will

Re: File and Printer Sharing still turned on after unchecked...confused :\

2003-08-05 Thread Patrick Benson
nokio x0 wrote: Hi all, My windows 98 machine still has ports 137, 138, 139 open even after i turned File and Printer Sharing options off. I succesfully used this to get into my system, so as you can imagine it's a big security risk. How do you shut these ports down? I have read many FAQs