Which of these netstat connections should be banned on WinXP?

Which of these netstat connections should be banned on WinXP?

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Which of these netstat connections should be banned on WinXP? Barbara Bailey 03-23-2006
Posted by donnie on March 25, 2006, 8:18 pm
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:53:52 GMT, "David H. Lipman"

>
>
>| ####################################
>| Yes, it was a private address because that was the local address
>| 'listening' on port 139, which is ok as long as file and print sharing
>| isn't enabled.
>
>Right. But if it is behind a NAT Router or a NAT Router with a FireWall
implementation then
>having File & Print Services enabled is NOT a problem.
############################################
That's not true if there is a wireless router w/ DHCP and someone w/ a
laptop parks outside your residence or office. I'm sure you have
heard of war driving.

Posted by David H. Lipman on March 26, 2006, 9:58 am
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| That's not true if there is a wireless router w/ DHCP and someone w/ a
| laptop parks outside your residence or office. I'm sure you have
| heard of war driving.

Yes, that is true. If the Wireless in unsecured *everything* is at risk if File
and Print
Shares is enabled.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by q_q_anonymous@yahoo.co.uk on March 26, 2006, 11:33 pm
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Barbara Bailey wrote:
> Which of these netstat connections should I ban on Windows XP?
<snip>> Running the netstat ban command gave me the output below.

hilarious!

netstat -ban
is netstat -b -a -n

it doesn't ban anything.

try netstat -? to see what -b -a -n means


> Can you help point me to the right connections to kill daily?
> <snip>

you kill processes, that's a way of killing a connection. you're prob
alright.


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