"Andrew L. Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can someone access your computer by a port if nothing is listening to that
> port?
Hopefully not.
> If not, then if you turn off services that you don't use and need to access
> used services remotely (i.e. let them through a firewall), do you ne
I'm still very much a newbie regarding networking issues and firewalls; so if
I need to be slapped, please be gentle. ;-)
Most of my home computers are behind a NAT router with very simple firewalls
-- let all requests out, allow established in, deny everything else. I put a
test computer in