[83438] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: zotob - blocking tcp/445
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (surfer@mauigateway.com)
Mon Aug 15 15:10:02 2005
From: "surfer@mauigateway.com" <surfer@mauigateway.com>
Reply-To: surfer@mauigateway.com
To: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>, nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:51:29 GMT
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
NetBIOS was never meant to be a WAN protocol, so no problem
in blocking it.
For example: grc.com/su-techzone1.htm
scott
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
To: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
Subject: zotob - blocking tcp/445
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:51:43 +0200
> I heard from several different big ISP's that to stop the
> spread of the worm they now block tcp/445. I suppose it
> works.
>
> Gadi.
