[62743] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Home Storage Area Network security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob German)
Sun Sep 21 20:23:42 2003
From: "Bob German" <bobgerman@irides.com>
To: "'Geo.'" <georger@getinfo.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 20:23:30 -0400
In-Reply-To: <002301c3809e$a2c4f230$231a90d8@NTAUTHORITY>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
If it prevents network-debiliatating attacks like Blaster and friends,
YES.
-bob
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Geo.
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 8:15 PM
To: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: Home Storage Area Network security
> What caused me to completely cross over into the "port filtering is
> OK" camp was the fact that Microsoft themselves, in a "securing
> Windows NT" document we found a while back, recommended that due to
> inherent insecurities, NetBIOS be disabled on Internet machines. If
> the vendor says it shouldn't be connected to the Internet, I tend to
> agree.
So basically what you are saying is that it should be the network
operators responsibility to secure every application that might be used
over said network?
Geo.
