Security Basics: Re: Port question

[Meenal Mukadam <meenal.mukadam () niiconsulting com>]

Hello Ken,

Sheilds Up did a good job. Other ports were very well "hidden" from
their probes. Good Stealth! But they were able to analyze that your
port 113 as closed.

It is possible to increase your system's security by "hiding" your
ports from the probes of potentially hostile hackers. And that is what
they were testing. The port's closed. So it doesn't pose any problem
as such.

Refer this to link for more details: http://www.grc.com/port_113.htm


Regards,


Meenal A. Mukadam

Information Security Consultant
Network Intelligence (India) Pvt. Ltd.
http://www.niiconsulting.com
http://www.iisecurity.in










On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Ken Pryor<kdpryor () gmail com> wrote:
> Hello all, I just joined the list and this is my first post to it.  I
> am a networking noob and am not sure if this is something I should
> worry about or not.  I just set up a Smoothwall Express firewall and
> later ran a Shields Up scan at grc. com  It showed all ports as
> stealth except one, port 113, which it showed as closed.  Shields Up
> gave my system a "failed" score based on that one port showing as
> closed.  My question is, is this anything I need to worry about and,
> if so, how might I fix it?
> Thanks to all who offer their knowledge and help to those of us just
> getting started.
> Ken Pryor
>
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