Re: Firewall rule closed ALL but Port UDP 137 open
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:35:30 GMT
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 04:26:49 +0300, Tracker spoketh
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>NeoSadist wrote:
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>> "Markus Dubois" <Markus.Dubois@gmx.ch> wrote in message
>> news:186d15f6.0210300045.77aeba03@posting.google.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > on my home internet PC (Win98 Shared internet access, firewalled with
>> > Norton Internet Security 2002) a nmap scan shows port udp 137 open.
>> > Even if i make a rule on top with
>> > block all any any
>> >
>> > Very odd situation. There is nothing open according to my
>> > firewall-rule but nmap shows this open port......
>> >
>> > Why?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Markus
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>> Uh, if you're scanning YOURSELF, it will probably show that open because you
>> have norton antivirus using that port as a sort of email proxy with which to
>> scan inbound emails. It's normal. If an internet-based scan shows it open,
>> that's different.
>> Uh, oops, that's netbios over tcp/ip. You're sharing the internet, so it's
>> gonna look open.
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>Norton anti-virus has nothing to do with open Port 137 for file and print
>sharing, nor does an email proxy run on port 137.
>Sounds fishy to me.
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>Tracker
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The product is Norton INTERNET security, not Norton Anti-Virus.
Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
(replace 'badnews' with 'lars' in e-mail address)
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