zotob - blocking tcp/445

Tue Aug 16 10:56:32 UTC 2005

Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, surfer at mauigateway.com wrote:
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>>NetBIOS was never meant to be a WAN protocol, so no problem
>>in blocking it.
> 
> 
> rule #1: do not be the Internet's Firewall
> rule #2: see rule #1
> 
Surely we realize that this discussion is not concerning the oft 
repeated "Internet's Firewall" debate.

Its about containing a potential worm/virus outbreak. Call it a network 
wide quarantine.

The damages inflicted by worms/viruses in the past that we have all seen 
and are still coping with (C&C reports anyone?) are well known.

This is network self preservation. Otherwise the garbage will eventually 
suffocate us all.

Apples and oranges.