On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Juha Saarinen wrote:
ISPs who don't mind going that extra (no, not Xtra) mile, should advise their customers not to leak NetBIOS to the Internet, as it's a security hazard...
Or not, perhaps. I can see that conversation: HELPDESK: "Hi there, this is your ISP, you should stop leaking netbios to the internet, it's easy to block..." CUSTOMER: [mumbles something about automatic computer cupholders] HELPDESK: "...I'll give you a list of TCP ports now.." CUSTOMER: "Is this about The Interweb?" HELPDESK: "..start with ports 137, 138..." CUSTOMER: "I installed Bonzai Buddy! He's _purple_!" HELPDESK: "..1 3 ...9 ... ah, forget it." [Click] Multiple this by however many thousand customers you have, and feeeeeel the pain. JSR -- John S Russell | Big Geek | Fun will now commence. "The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy." - Drago Museveni C.Y. 8427 - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog