Re: NAT Security

From: Todd (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/31/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:16:08 -0800

Thanks for that I will be looking into Firewalls but it was just a quiestion to see how secure it would be... Looking at the port scan again it looks to be very insecure I have also ports 21, 389, 80, 110, 119, 135, 139, 143, 443, 548, 993, 995, 3389 open , I dont have anything enabled on the External Card but do host a web site, dns, pop, smtp, and terminals services, how easy would it be for someone to hack the system ?
I do realise that a Firewall is the ideal solution, but just about anything is hackable if they want !!
Is there any way i can close some of the unwanted ports thru fliters etc in NAT ???
Thanks,
Todd

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