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[Brent Harding]

Wow, portscanning his system showed that port as filtered tcp, and 135 as
open, 138 was filtered too. At least it appears that a connection isn't
allowed to the outside on that port, maybe 135 is for aol instant messenger
or something.
At 01:00 PM 10/29/00 +1100, you wrote:
>On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Brent Harding wrote:
>
>> In windows, ports 135, 138, and 139 are probably always open, but you can't
>> do much too usefull with them.
>
>hmmm.  I only have 139 open on our windows box.  This port is labeled
>netbios-ssn which is used for sharing windows drives and probably printers.  
>If you have this port open on a cable network and someone manages to hack
>their way into your drive shares, no file is safe.
>
>Geoff.
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