Why NOT Close Well-Known And Trojan Ports?

Hello,

Isn't it a good idea to close all the well-known ports and trojan ports for home users? I am not sure of the consequences of doing something like this, but I would be interested in what you guys think?

I've W2KP, and all the services were listed in
%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\services


Any Thoughts?

Don't see why you can't do this if you're careful. Problem with Windows is that there are so many add-on "services" like Windows Update etc that home users would probably want to have working. If you blocked most of the not-strictly-essential ports then most of the not-strictly-essential bits of Windows would stop working.

If you're inteseted in which ports do what and which ones you can do without, Sahirh did an excellent post on this some time ago. I think it has aged out of the forum by now, but perhaps he still has the details.

On reflection, I think the easiest way to achieve what you're saying might be to put the machine behind a firewall, either hardware or software (e.g Zonealarm of the built-in Windows XP one). That would effectively block unwanted ports from the perspective of the outside world

On reflection, I think the easiest way to achieve what you're saying might be to put the machine behind a firewall, either hardware or software (e.g Zonealarm of the built-in Windows XP one). That would effectively block unwanted ports from the perspective of the outside world

--Yes. I've Sygate.

Hi,
I think it's not necessary! If you've ever checked al ports of well known trojans, you might got a headache!
First time of installing a firewall, you should close all port. After that, you can open some ports which you need, such as 21, 23, 80.. and so on. Even if you close all known trojan port, trojan users can use another port to notify them when you're online.
Some of my ideas,
Cheer,

Hi,
I think it's not necessary! If you've ever checked al ports of well known trojans, you might got a headache!
First time of installing a firewall, you should close all port. After that, you can open some ports which you need, such as 21, 23, 80.. and so on. Even if you close all known trojan port, trojan users can use another port to notify them when you're online.
Some of my ideas,
Cheer,

--I was just wondering why you even bothered to post in the first place. Did you read TheBishop's post. He did say about the firewall and you just repeated the same thing. If your posts does NOT add value to a discussion then do NOT post.

but fallen_zero [code:1] Moderator Message - Please try not to misspell this name in the future :)[/code:1]

If your posts does NOT add value to a discussion then do NOT post.

cant u see that by dissing other people posts, you have just killed your own thread

everyone is entitled to there opinion, to type whatever they want in whatever forum, with respect to the posting guidelines. i dont think oldstudent was intentionally repeating what thebishop was saying, just more adding to his ideas and sharing his own knowledge.