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   Rodney Pont to All   
   Re: Connecting Windows 7 to OS/2 ver 4.5   
   08 Nov 11 09:12:51   
   
   From: "Rodney Pont"    
      
   On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:55:12 +0000, Mike Luther wrote:   
      
   >I have seen this contamination for real on several OS/2 boxes in the past   
   with    
   >Netbios/TCPIP installed and it has been a MESS to decontaminate the boxes. As    
   >well I have even actually seen a contamination issue where remote TCPIP    
   >probing has been done to even modify the motherboard BIOS settings on an OS/2    
   >4.52 box to slam in the keyboard man-in-the-middle snoopie.   
   >   
   >I *STRONGLY recommend that one does not use Netbios/TCPIP on an OS/2 box if    
   >there is any way to avoid it..   
      
   Just block ports 137/138 and 139 to/from the internet. Then you can   
   safely use it internally only.   
      
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