First of all 139 port is used by SMB servers. SMB is a protocol used in
microsoft networks to communicate with other machines. Linux also
supports this protocol with a program called Samba. Samba also
provides the same set of services as Windoze boxes. So its not an
insecurityi, but a service. Your friend was able browse your directories
because you are sharing your directories with others. For more info
consult /usr/doc/Samba-ver../doc folder which contains extensive
documentation about SMB and Samba.
Cheers
-Shashidhar
On Fri, May 30, 2036 at 09:57:44PM +0200, Adityan S.Murthy wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> A friend of mine has a port scanning s/w and when we were online, he scanned
> my ports and found that port 139 or something was wide open (i was running
> win98). He could also browse through my directories. Is such an insecurity
> there in Linux?
>
> Adityan
>
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