[rescue] firewalling windoze crap

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 03:31:02PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >   What ports do I need to block on my firewall to protect him from
> > this latest bullshit?  
> 
> Everything incoming.  135, 139 especially.  
> 
> > And what ports in general should I block to help 
> > protect his machine?
> 
> Just NAT him.  and make sure he runs Windows Update and installs
> updates at least once every two weeks.

Just hang a Cable/DSL firewall router between him and you... Or, scan
the manuals for a good one, and see what it does if you would rather
emulate its protections...

Just a thought,


=====
Lionel

"I am not into examining other peoples' dumps..." - Sheldon T. Hall

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