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Date:      Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:39:51 -0500 (EST)
From:      Ralph Huntington <rjh@mohawk.net>
To:        "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jon_slivko@simphost.com>
Cc:        John Howie <JHowie@msn.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Danger Ports
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011300638070.41479-100000@mohegan.mohawk.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011291907110.79751-100000@alpha.simphost.com>

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On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote:

> I am referring to the Back Orifice, Trinoo server ports, etc. Where can I
> get my hands on a list of those port #'s? or are there any utilities that
> act as those servers and log all attempts in hopes of catching those users
> who will no doubt try and take advantage of an open system?
> 
> ----
> Jonathan M. Slivko <jon_slivko@simphost.com>
> Technical Support, CoreSync Corporation (http://www.coresync.net)
> Team Leader, SecureIRC Project (http://secureirc.sourceforge.net)
> Pager/Voicemail: (917) 388-5304
> ----
> 
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, John Howie wrote:
> 
> > Jonathan,
> > 
> > Rather than denying access to certain ports on your system, and allowing
> > access to the rest, you might find it easier to think in the reverse - What
> > ports do I need to leave open to outside (presumably Internet) users?
> > 
> > The answer to that question depends on the needs of your outside users. You
> > will probably need to allow SSH access, and I would suggest that you get
> > users to use SCP instead of FTP (unless you have a public FTP site that
> > allows anonymous connections). You might also need to open up access to SMTP
> > and POP3 services for mail (while ensuring that your site can't be used as a
> > mail relay). DNS is another service that you might need to provide access
> > to.
> > 
> > If users need access to so-called dangerous services such as X, printer,
> > NFS, NIS, SNMP, etc. then I would look for a VPN solution that brings them
> > into your network through the firewall and allows them to access these
> > services as an internal user.
> > 
> > O'Reilly does a good book on Firewall Security, I suggest that you get it
> > and have a read. CERT also has a good document on packet filtering
> > (http://www.cert.org). Also, check the FreeBSD handbook or The Complete
> > FreeBSD for more information about setting up firewalls on FreeBSD systems.
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > 
> > john...
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jon_slivko@simphost.com>
> > To: <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
> > Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 5:23 PM
> > Subject: Danger Ports
> > 
> > 
> > > Can someone tell me what are the "danger" ports on FreeBSD, ports that
> > > perhaps need to be blocked because they are insecure? I would like to know
> > > so in the future, I can prevent outside attacks and concentrate more on
> > > internal attacks, or "insider jobs" as they're called.
> > >
> > > ----
> > > Jonathan M. Slivko <jon_slivko@simphost.com>
> > > Technical Support, CoreSync Corporation (http://www.coresync.net)
> > > Team Leader, SecureIRC Project (http://secureirc.sourceforge.net)
> > > Pager/Voicemail: (917) 388-5304
> > > ----
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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