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List:       patchmanagement
Subject:    Re: Review your ports and services
From:       "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa () pacbell ! net>
Date:       2004-11-30 0:27:42
Message-ID: 41ABBE7E.7080604 () pacbell ! net
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And that's reason number 4,356,732 to kill off NT.

Just a reminder  NT End of Life is 12/31/2004 [and so help me, if they
even think of moving that date, Mr. Gates will get 4 million and 1 spam
emails on January 1st]

"Windows NT Server 4.0 incident and security related hotfix support is
available through 31-Dec-2004. Non-security related hotfix support is
available only through a custom support contract after 31-Dec-2003."
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];LifeWin

John Bielot wrote:

> I have seen & opened port 42 in firewalls to support
> IPSec VPN's... It is(?)/was a necessary evil on NT4
> networks since they have difficultly with name
> resolution while traversing multiple NAT devices. 
> 
> John
> 
> --- "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]"
> <sbradcpa@pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>A recent KB points up the "know what you have
>>installed and what ports you have open"
>>
>>How to help protect against a WINS security issue:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890710
>>
>>I would hope that we don't have port 42 open at the
>>border perimeter?  While us SBSer's have WINS
>>enable, we don't do that.
>>
>>Keep in mind also that WINS is needed for Exchange
>>so review your requirements if you want to remove it
>>Exchange 2003 and WINS:
>>
> 
> http://weblogs.asp.net/eileen_brown/archive/2004/11/11/255661.aspx
> 
>>
>>-- 
>>http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm
>>http://www.msmvps.com/bradley
>>https://www.ecora.com/ecora/jump/pm99.asp
>>
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