* Grant Parnell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Just backing up what David said... 
> 
> Also, block ports 137,138,139,445 udp & tcp with the firewall. EG
> iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p udp --dport 137:139 -j DROP
> iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p udp --dport 445 -j DROP
> iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p tcp --dport 137:139 -j DROP
> iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p tcp --dport 445 -j DROP
> assuming your public interface is ppp0
> You could also -j LOG but as you've already discovered there's thousands 
> of attempts on these ports 

Thanks Grant,

I had stopped samba, but now I've got rid of it altogether.
Just for now I'm logging it out of curiosity, but htere's about 1 a minute,
so that's very temporary.

Thanks also to David last night.

Nick

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