[BC] Windows XP firewall

[JD Davis]

DEFINITELY change the ports. Move up into the 5 digit zone, past 15000 or
so. Port scanners not to curious in those areas...

JD

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Dale H. Cook
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 10:04 PM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] Windows XP firewall

At 11:35 PM 2/11/2006, Jeff Loughridge wrote:

>FYI,
>PCAnywhere uses ports 5631 and 5632.

Not in my stations it doesn't. It uses ports far removed from those, 
and different for each machine. Anyone above the skill level of a 
script kiddie knows those port numbers and many other default values 
that may allow ingress into a network. Using any default values in 
remote management software, in a router, or in a wireless access 
point is just too risky.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, 
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
http://members.cox.net/dalehcook/starcity.shtml 



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