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Date:	Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:37:05 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Chat access

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> > Assuming it works, would setting these ports OPEN
> > breach the firewall's protection, to any important degree ?

Steven Levine wrote:

> IMO, that's not the best way to look at it. The question is do you need
> them open to do what you want to do. Consider what a firewall does. It
> prevents the outside world from accessing certain port. If you don't use
> these ports on your intranet, the firewall really doesn't do much for you.
> If you do, the firewall does useful things like keeping the outside world
> from accessing your internal FTP servers.
>
> On the windows side since there are a lot of stealth virii and worms, the
> firewall tends to make it harder for the outside worms to communicate with
> the one hiding on your system. The firewall can also post alerts when
> unexpected actively occurs.

I hope you're right. According to the SW log, some jerk(s) have been regularly
banging on my firewall with attempted Netbus and Sub-7 attacks -- a bunch of 'em in
just the last 36 hours. They keep bouncing off, off course, but it's annoying and a
bit disconcerting. I don't want to leave a welcome banner and a window wide open for
them. Consider

http://www.infosecuritymag.com/2002/aug/cover.shtml

What precautions do you take, security-wise ?

Jordan

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