How to close telnet and other ports on win2000 server

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Naren

Hi,

How to close telnet and other ports on win2000 server.I updated
security patches and stopped the service NT LM security support
provider service.Any thing i need to do.Please help me in this.

Thnks in advance.

Cheers,
Naren.
 
Naren said:
Hi,

How to close telnet and other ports on win2000 server.I updated
security patches and stopped the service NT LM security support
provider service.Any thing i need to do.Please help me in this.
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telnet should not be enabled by default. The protocol is so woefully insecure
anyway that it's use should be considered a criminal offence over public
networks, but I digress.

The telnet server process is a service, and can be enabled or disabled via:

Start, Run, SERVICES.MSC
Scroll down to 'Telnet', double-click it, hit 'Stop', and set it's startup type
to 'Manual' or 'Disabled'.

Various third-party firewalls will also provide a means of masking open ports
and preventing access from outside your local network (or even within your local
network).

As for 'other ports', what ports do you think you have open?
 
Port filtering in Windows 2000 is done in Control
Panel|Network|"connection"|Properties|Tcp/Ip|Properties|Advanced|Options|Tcp/Ip
filtering|Properties but probably better solution is to get a firewall.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi,
|
| How to close telnet and other ports on win2000 server.I updated
| security patches and stopped the service NT LM security support
| provider service.Any thing i need to do.Please help me in this.
|
| Thnks in advance.
|
| Cheers,
| Naren.
|
 
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