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Firewall Wizards: Re: trusted & untrusted ports

Re: trusted & untrusted ports

From: Mikael Olsson <mikael.olsson_at_clavister.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:34:31 +0100

Hilal Hussein wrote:
>
> Q1 - How to identifiy trust vs untrusted ports. [...]

Recommended reading:

http://www.interhack.net/pubs/fwfaq/#SECTION00094000000000000000
- C.4 How do I determine what service the port is for?
- C.5 What ports are safe to pass through a firewall?

> Q2 - Reading some technical documents about accessing applications over the
> net, I noticed that sometimes the connection is not a client/server
> technique, it could be through the http port, in other words, no need to
> open specific port in order to be able to access the net application from
> within our network coorporate since it is using the http port.

... but does that mean that it is _safe_?
(Hint: the answer lies in C.5, above)

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