Hi Rick,
Try running a port scanner like nmap from the Internet against your STN box.
If you don't have any inbound connections specified and are not running DNS,
then it should report NO open ports. Then try running it against a windows
or unix box.
This is what nmap reports for me:
Starting nmap V. 1.51 by Fyodor ([EMAIL PROTECTED], www.dhp.com/~fyodor/nmap/)
Open ports on my.ip.addr.ess.irv0.myisp.net (my.ip.addr.ess):
Port Number Protocol Service
21 tcp ftp
53 tcp domain
113 tcp auth
I'm running Inetd (113), and DNS (53). I specifically open ftp (21). Other
than that, nothing is open.
HTH,
John
>
> How secure is a default STN configuration with no inbound services from
> outside intrusion? Are there any independent references which discuss
> this? My understanding is that it is very secure, but I would like
> something independent to show naive potential users.
>
> Rick Samuels
>
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