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Alistair Smythe
I am new to networking and I want to know how to open and close network
ports? It a skill that I think I should know
ports? It a skill that I think I should know
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Ross Durie
Try a router, a firewall. Use your brain.
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Patrick Michael
Alistair Smythe said:I am new to networking and I want to know how to open and close network
ports? It a skill that I think I should know
It really depends on what type of router/firewall you're using. Exactly
what do you want to do, and with what software/equipment?
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John West
what software or router are you using ?
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Steven L Umbach
The link below will be a great start. --- Steve
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/topics/network/firewall.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/topics/network/firewall.mspx
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PlazticSoul
Patrick Michael said:It really depends on what type of router/firewall you're using. Exactly
what do you want to do, and with what software/equipment?
I think he was wanting to know if there was a way to open and close them
manually, without the use of a firewall. I was kinda wondering, too. I doubt
that knowledge would have many practical applications, though.
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Steven L Umbach
Beyond using a firewall or some sort of port filtering such as tcp/ip
filtering or an ipsec policy the way to open and close ports is by enabling
or disabling the service or application associated with the port. There are
utilities like Fport or TCPView that can show which processes/executables
are using a port and the netstat -b command can also do that in XP SP2. For
instance disabling the telnet server service will close port 23 tcp on the
server. --- Steve
filtering or an ipsec policy the way to open and close ports is by enabling
or disabling the service or application associated with the port. There are
utilities like Fport or TCPView that can show which processes/executables
are using a port and the netstat -b command can also do that in XP SP2. For
instance disabling the telnet server service will close port 23 tcp on the
server. --- Steve