Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
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>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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

-----
"Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes,
because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes."
    -- Unknown



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.OSF.4.10.9905250030080.14494-100000>