Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:32:14 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com>, greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server trying to connect to Port 113 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9905250030080.14494-100000@bragg> In-Reply-To: <xzpzp2ule5m.fsf@localhost.ping.uio.no>
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On 24 May 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Wrong on two points: most NetBIOS traffic is benign, and when it is an
> attack, it's most likely a DoS and not a break-in. I don't know of any
> way to gain access to a machine through NetBIOS services; I do however
Except for guessing a share password - see ports/security/nbaudit. Reason
enough to block all traffic on ports 137-139 on your firewall, WinNukes
notwithstanding.
Kris
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