Re: is the netbios-ssn port a security threat
From: Barry Margolin (barry.margolin@level3.com)
Date: 03/28/03
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From: Barry Margolin <barry.margolin@level3.com> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 16:50:31 GMT
In article <8e45ea32.0303280836.519fd2ee@posting.google.com>,
Mark Starmer <markstarmer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I've just been monitoring my network logs, and I constantly seem to
>have about 5 users contacted to the netbois-ssn port.
>
>Is this a security threat?
This is the port used for file sharing. Many hackers scan for open shares.
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