Re: Closing Ports

From: David Robbins (noone_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 11/25/03

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    and just how do you 'physically' open and close ports???

    "Bill" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:06bb01c3b398$273547f0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
    > Actually, you can physically open and close ports but it's
    > not recommended - it's extremely difficult to know which
    > ports are going to be used by your applications. The
    > other post is correct - you need to let the firewall do
    > the work - and I highly recommend a hardware firewall over
    > a software based one. Having said this, the Norton
    > firewall software is actually very effective when used
    > with Lavasofts AdAware 6.0. Also, if you dig around the
    > Internet you can find a modified version of Kazaa that has
    > the spy ware removed.
    > >-----Original Message-----
    > >
    > >"Howard" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
    > message
    > >news:0e9101c3b385$9b7a9470$3101280a@phx.gbl...
    > >> There are dozens of pages that describe using
    > >> netstat to look at ip tables. And many authors
    > >> suggest closing unneeded ports.
    > >>
    > >> But I have not yet come across a sigle document that
    > >> tells me the commands to control closing a port in
    > >> windows if it exists.
    > >>
    > >> And don't suggest buying more utilities. That is the
    > >> biggest scam.
    > >>
    > >> If is a partial listing of what I am getting. Yes it is
    > >> kazaa, but is there some way to control it's access by
    > >> port???
    > >>
    > >> Active Connections
    > >> Active Connections
    > >>
    > >> Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
    > >> TCP kazaa:3170 KAZAA:0
    > listening
    > >> TCP kazaa:3185 KAZAA:0
    > listening
    > >> TCP kazaa:1251 KAZAA:0
    > listening
    > >> TCP kazaa:3162 KAZAA:0
    > listening
    > >> TCP kazaa:1250 KAZAA:0
    > listening
    > >>
    > >> Thansk Howard
    > >
    > >you can only 'close' ports two ways
    > >1. stop the application or service that has it open
    > >2. install a firewall
    > >
    > >installing a firewall doesn't really 'close' the port,
    > but it does prevent
    > >access to it from outside your computer.
    > >
    > >so either turn off kazaa or turn on the windows firewall
    > if you have 2000 or
    > >xp, or download zonealarm or another free firewall, or
    > buy a software
    > >firewall, or buy a hardware firewall.
    > >
    > >
    > >.
    > >

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