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Shane
How do I disable the finger service (Port 79) on Windows
2000 server?
2000 server?
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Steven L Umbach
I have never seen that port on a Windows 2000 Server of mine. The ports that Windows
uses are listed in the KB article in the link below.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832017
To disable a port, disable the service or process using it. If you want to "block" to
block a port use a firewall, ipsec, or tcp/ip filtering. If you want to track down
port usage such as your port 79 run a utility such as TCPView from Sysinternals to
find the process using the port which will show in properties the owning executeable
and path. If you need more info then run Process Explorer and view the properties of
the process that will show the services that are using it. --- Steve
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/tcpview.shtml
uses are listed in the KB article in the link below.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832017
To disable a port, disable the service or process using it. If you want to "block" to
block a port use a firewall, ipsec, or tcp/ip filtering. If you want to track down
port usage such as your port 79 run a utility such as TCPView from Sysinternals to
find the process using the port which will show in properties the owning executeable
and path. If you need more info then run Process Explorer and view the properties of
the process that will show the services that are using it. --- Steve
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/tcpview.shtml
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Paul Adare - MVP - Microsoft Virtual PC
microsoft.public.win2000.security news group, Steven L Umbach <n9rou@n0-
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Or to save some time, uninstall the Simple TCP/IP Services.
spam-for-me-comcast.net> says...
Or to save some time, uninstall the Simple TCP/IP Services.
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Steven L Umbach
Thanks Paul. Didn't know that installed finger. I never installed Simple tcp/ip
services. -- Steve
services. -- Steve
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Paul Adare - MVP - Microsoft Virtual PC
microsoft.public.win2000.security news group, Steven L Umbach <n9rou@n0-
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Finger, echo, chargen, and a bunch of other stuff as well. To be honest,
I haven't installed them since the NT 4 days and had to actually check
to see if they were still available.
spam-for-me-comcast.net> says...
Finger, echo, chargen, and a bunch of other stuff as well. To be honest,
I haven't installed them since the NT 4 days and had to actually check
to see if they were still available.
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Karl Levinson [x y] mvp
Finger, echo, chargen, and a bunch of other stuff as well. To be honest,
I haven't installed them since the NT 4 days and had to actually check
to see if they were still available.
A lot of people install them by mistake very frequently. TCP/IP simple
services sounds like a necessary component to some people, even though it's
not.
If s/he's running into this problem, then the original poster should also
consider checking other common configuration errors:
www.nsa.gov/snac
www.microsoft.com/technet/security
http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#harden