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  1. July 24th, 2003, 02:54 PM #1
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    Open Ports Question

    I'm rather new to networking as a whole and I realize that security is a major concern so I used a port scanning proggie to scan for open ports on a clients network. Worked great I found lots of open ports that I imagine should be closed only problem is I'm not sure where to start. If anyone has a tutorial I can read thats free cause I only make like 6/hr and my family wants to eat before I buy more books I would greatly appreciate it. TIA
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  2. July 25th, 2003, 05:38 AM #2
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    Get yourself a free firewall & start reading the documentation/help available with it & try it out on your home 'beast' you'll get the gist pretty quickly ...

    The general rule is close all ports ! then allow traffic on 'required' ports like 80 for browsing or whatever ...
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  3. July 25th, 2003, 09:22 AM #3
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    software or hardware firewall, matters not, that is the only way to close ports.
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  4. July 25th, 2003, 10:01 AM #4
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    Thanks Confused and NooNoo appreciate all of the help. Hey you guys might even make a tech out of me yet
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  5. August 12th, 2003, 08:58 AM #5
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    download free firewall here, ZoneAlarm

    and here is "Sygate" ,another good free firewall.
    or as was said
    get a hardware firewall like this,and save some resources and gain the capability to share your printer & internet on multiple pc's.
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