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Even with Linux/UNIX/etc. (archive)
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Posted by wizzard on May 29, 2000 at 14:48:29:

In Reply to: Or you could run linux :)))))) ( more ) posted by aiiee on May 28, 2000 at 22:00:23:

The initial scan is easy to pass. However, even with Linux, it surprising how many ports people leave open.

Now that Linux is becoming more popular by more people who really don't know how thier computer really works, we'll start see more attacks on and from (via remote attacke) these computers.

Most common ports left open are smtp, sendmail (the cause of a lot of untracable SPAM), telnet, ftp. All of these are very potential holes for the bad guys to exploit.

If you have a DSL, cable, or any other broadband, full-time connection, try the port scan and find out just how open your system really is.

wizzard
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4/'98 2.8l Drk Grn/Beige/Black - 17" - sport bun warmers - Wood steering wheel, brake handle and trim - Dinan Chip, Strut Brace, and Air Intake - Custom Borla Exhaust with Intercooler Tips - Eibach Sway Bars - BavAuto SS Brake Lines - Ron Stygar Short Shift - yada, yada, yada - and no power top (real roadsters don't have no fuggin' power top)

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: Attempting connection to your computer. . .
: Shields UP! is now attempting to contact the Hidden Internet Server within your PC. It is likely that no one has told you that your own personal computer may
: now be functioning as an Internet Server with neither your knowledge nor your permission. And that it may be serving up all or many of your personal files for
: reading, writing, modification and even deletion by anyone, anywhere, on the Internet!
: Please Note: On highly secure systems this may take up to one minute. . .

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: Preliminary Internet connection refused!
: This is extremely favorable for your system's overall Windows File and Printer Sharing security. Most Windows systems, with the Network Neighborhood
: installed, hold the NetBIOS port 139 wide open to solicit connections from all passing traffic. Either this system has closed this usually-open port, or some
: equipment or software such as a "firewall" is preventing external connection and has firmly closed the dangerous port 139 to all passersby. (Congratulations!)

:
: Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer.
: All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities
: from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the
: Internet.



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