View Single Post
Old 08-21-2012, 05:38 PM   #11
twobob
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr
twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.twobob ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
twobob's Avatar
 
Posts: 6,586
Karma: 6299991
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng)
Device: PW-WIFI|K5-3G+WIFI| K4|K3-3G|DXG|K2| Rooted Nook Touch
Quote:
Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
A note for Windows home networking users:

On the connection facing the Internet, firewall access to ports 137, 138, 139 and 445

People who use vendor provided modem/routers (such as cable and aDSL boxes) should check if those ports are firewalled in-bound from the outside world.

Note: Most communication vendor's supplied boxes are shipped with that block already installed, since these are among the most popular attack vectors.
https://isc.sans.edu/countryreport.html

Note2: The client (Kindle) is already firewalled against these ports in-bound.

Good advice. But if anyone actually FINDS a netty box that allows those connections in by default? It's time to line up against the wall... Bang!

Seriously check it out. It was a popular pastime trawling huge (advertised if you know where to look) Greenfield IP ranges with toys like.. hmm let me think "Nessus" and one with a name to do with lines or rays or something.

Anyway, it's a good idea to know your router is secure.
whether you have a Kindle or not.
twobob is offline   Reply With Quote