Re: How good is the firewall

From: AT (notme_at_example.com)
Date: 11/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:49:25 +0100

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:25:46 +0100, houghi wrote:

> Amnon Feiner wrote:
>> houghi wrote:
>>
>>> -P0
>>> -PO
>> OK, I see what you mean. I ran nmap few times, closing what was suggested.
>> Here is what I get now.
>> 22/tcp open ssh
>> 111/tcp open rpcbind
>> 139/tcp open netbios-ssn
>> 445/tcp open microsoft-ds
>> 631/tcp open ipp
>>
>> Is this something I need to close?
>
> Everything you not need to be open needs to be closed (or blocked).

Or uninstalled if not needed in the first place. An open port without a
service running behind it is also not harmful. Though I agree, closing
everything that is not explicitly needed is the way to go. 

-- 
Andreas