Before anyone starts closing ports and blocking this and that, find out what you are running on your machine that opens that port! It may be your anti-virus software (Trend Micro uses port 12345 as its auto-update port, for instance), which you wouldn't really want to block, right? Use a program such as Active Ports, or Fport (by Foundstone) to find out what you really have on your machine.
Info on ActivePorts, and download link.: http://www.protect-me.com/freeware.html Download FPort by Foundstone: link at the bottom http://www.dewassoc.com/support/useful/fport_port_mapper.htm Don't jump to conclusions before you have all the info. You might hurt yourself more than help. Blevins -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: port 12345 windows95/nt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Do both! Layered security approach is always the best. Mark - -----Original Message----- From: Ivan Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: ASBB11; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: port 12345 windows95/nt Don't block ports! close unknkow programs! Richard Cotterell wrote: >Ref: ASBB11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'s > message dated 4 Feb 2002, 16:18 hours. > >>Sorry for the very basic question. >>Using superscan I found this port open on my computer. How can I >>close it? I use sygate personal firewall but it looks like I do >>not have options to shut down ports, I can only act on protocols. >>Thanks, >> >>Angelo >> >You seem to be in need of, say, Port Blocker from AnalogX. > >Take a look at: > ><http://www.analogx.com/> > >and decide if this is the tool you are looking for. > >An alternative is to use Tiny Personal Firewall (freeware if >personal use) and block specific protocol ports as required. > > >-- >Richard H. Cotterell <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, >and the deeper it sinks into the mind. > -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher (1772-1834) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPIfNb12nhxMFyot/EQKdHQCdG260gOtTA/5AgUWx1MJXWd6tB7MAoJI+ 6Rq862aMU6xhXrVQB+iHOICa =A1lg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
