On 09 Feb 2003 at 20:36 +0100, Schmehl, Paul L wrote: > All this is well and good, but I have a really hard time > understanding why we need to route insecure networking protocols > such as NetBIOS, CIFS, NFS or NIS across the Internet. Just > closing those ports would do a world of good for the Internet as a > whole, and who in the world would it hurt?
It is not the part of the phone company to decide what topics can be discussed in a phone call. Neither is it the part of ISP to decide what traffic their customers are able to transmit. > If the Internet is going to survive in any viable fashion, we have > to come to our senses when it comes to allowable services. Internet is the ability to send ip packets from one node to another. > The uncontrolled access to networking services on home computers > and poorly secured commercial networks is the root cause behind a > lot of the problems that exist on the Internet today - worms, > virus, trojans, etc. Ports 139 and 445, *at a minimum*, should be > closed (to the outside) on every network in the world. At is not your part to decide if my system at home is secure or not. > Are you really willing to demand your "freedom" in the face of the > overwhelming odds that leaving those ports open will do more harm > than good? Of course. Otherwise shut down all telephone lines immediately, there are overwhelming odds planned, organized and conducted over those. -- MfG/Best regards, "A Feature you cannot disable is helmut springer considered a bug" comp.os.unix _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
