it depends... if there's something there claiming that port, and you trust that software, then why not??? open port 80, and send it to apache on windowsdoesn't do any harm. (though why you'd want to run apache on windows i dunno).
it's all the other RPC ports that the worms exploit. (at least that's my understanding, but i haven't been willing to touch a windows OS for years now). On Thursday 02 December 2004 16:21, JoeHill wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:41:33 +1300 > > Brenda O'Hagan disseminated the following: > > On your LAN? That's usually the difference. > > > > A windows boxen behind something else (such as a router, or a linux box) > > is much much safer than a windows boxen with an internal connection to > > the internet (such as an internal ADSL modem) > > ...but like I said, I'd *never* open a port on the router to the Win box, > it'd be owned in minutes. And that's even if I did go and get all the > 'updates'.
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