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#16 jimmy

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Posted 28 December 2003 - 08:20 PM

Zonealarm sucks in all kind of ways, had several probs with it some time ago

I would suggest norton internet security, what's more it has many features and options :)

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Posted 30 December 2003 - 12:47 PM

It used to be before the days of rampant remote scanning, you could just log connection attempts and bust 1000 people a day these days. Now that %99 of people remote scan, you're only screwing people over who got hacked. What I do is just close all ports to outside connections with my router, hell, go ahead and port scan me, I don't care.

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Posted 02 January 2004 - 09:45 PM

man sorry for the really late response..comp troubles for this much time..sucks

but with the port scan..my college is doing it..the same like 5 ips over and over again..

im thinking report it..but it probably wont do much

#19 t_gillum

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Posted 07 January 2004 - 04:25 PM

Yeah I GOT IT

I found the solution you can stop someone from port scanning you!!!!

1. UNPLUG THE NETWORK CABLE
2. REMOVE YOUR NETWORK CARD
OR
3. TURN OFF THE COMPUTER

sorry just had to say that one

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Posted 14 March 2004 - 04:29 PM

I heard from a software that is a kind of ids call xp port listener taht is listening to your port and when someone scan or coenct to those they send a mesage that u choose for exmaple rou are now log so most of n00b will be freak and go away

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Posted 15 March 2004 - 12:32 AM

I like qullims response the best. Dont connect ur machine to the net and you know your safe. but without hte net, is there a point to having a computer. Not in my mind. Hell without the net, i wouldnt know anything and wouldnt have any programs..

Backto the topic. I do two things to stop port scanning asses. First i have sygate running to block all ports except the ones im using.. It works very well. One guy tried port scanning me and it blocked him and told me his ip and gave me a link to email his isp so that i can get him banned... i like sygate..

The other thing i did was setup an ipsec protocol. I dont really know much about it (as im not a hacker or a networking guy) but there is a site that shows you how to set it up. what it does is block pings. It just shows a timeout to whoever tries to ping ur comp. IPSEC

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Posted 15 March 2004 - 06:52 AM

Just go buy a router for like $40. If you don't port forward anything, there is nothing to scan.

#23 izzykahn

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Posted 31 March 2004 - 07:21 AM

Obviously everyone has mentioned disabling un-neccessary services and using a firewall. Personally when setting up a new box I will do all the service changes and firewall rules implementations and then scan my own pc via NMAP and Nessus. At least with Nessus you'll see any security holes in the services you are running and you can at least patch/fix them.

#24 qcred11

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Posted 03 April 2004 - 02:01 PM

I absolutely agree with jimmy. Zone Alarm - Sux!!! The best solution to prevent port scanning is to install Agnitum Outpost 2.1 firewall. It' has a lot of interesting options you might like, especially Stealth Mode. Here is just some options out of many more:
Hiding your computer identity from hackers;
Stopping hacker attacks automatically;
Blocking private data from being transmitted;
Preventing mass-mailed worm infections; and
Removing ads and pop-ups.
Link: http://www.agnitum.com/

#25 nuorder

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Posted 04 April 2004 - 08:48 PM

yeh i found that zonealarm was best uninstalled, too annoying

also i was wondering if there was a stable ipchains equivalent for windows, have been googling for a while but no results

after all who needs a shiny gui with a few big buttons, its all about low level configuration

#26 Guest_ringo_*

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Posted 05 April 2004 - 03:02 AM

Prob been said, but here it is in a different light: Layered security is the key:
1) Hardware firewall/Router
2) NAT IPs
3) Disable ICMP
4) Software firewall and close unnecessary ports
5) If you absolutely must use network services (FTP, Telnet, finger, SQL, IIS, Apache, etc.), put them on a box that is dedicated to that cause and place them in a DMZ.
6) Don't do anything dumb like hosting a warez site on the same box that you have your financials on.

r

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Posted 14 April 2004 - 12:41 PM

can any tell me any info on
netpeeker?
its the one i use :)
so far itys's ben ok on my uni network
but
i would appreciate any good info..
tx

#28 bdark

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Posted 14 May 2004 - 01:09 PM

I used netpeeker some time ago, because it had some very nice features, like the option to limit your bandwith to a specified program running. You can also block data transfers wherever you want

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