-=> Benny Pedersen wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    BP> i have not found anything there either   
      
   Yeah, not for Windows SMB.  Firewalling it is the only way to close the port.   
      
    TL> Sure on *NIX using Samba, you could do   
    TL> it, but the vast majority of machines using this port are Windows   
    TL> boxes. Firewalling is your only option.   
      
    BP> i am not smb expert, just think is sad to see hospitals in england got   
    BP> compromised by smb protocol not secure enouh for real life, its so sad   
    BP> to see microsoft have software not real tested in real life before sold   
    BP> to custommers   
      
   Yes, there' something wrong there.   
      
    BP>> firewalls is last resort on problems not possible to solve otherwize   
    TL>  :=)   
    TL> And this is one of them. :)   
      
    BP> my default is shorewall :=)   
      
   Haven't used it for years, but used to like Shorewall a lot.   
      
      
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