Re: Firewall rule closed ALL but Port UDP 137 open

From: Tie Dye (iflyvfr@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 10/30/02


From: Tie Dye <iflyvfr@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:16:14 GMT

In article <urv9ganp1fg970@corp.supernews.com>,
NeoSadist (neos@dist) says...
>
> "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
Hello ,
        You should write a rule allowing only the "specific" machine on
137 even so with sharing enabled it may appear open on some scans.

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Very Best Regards,
~Tie Dye~