[texas booster]

UPnp was an attempt by M$ to make networking easier. Which it did. For the bad guys.

For your computer, go here:

https://www.grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm

Download and run the tiny program and secure your computer.

Securing the router is a bit harder but the theory is the same.

Here is another link to test UPnP on your network:

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

For the old timers here, this is all Steve Gibson stuff, maker of SpinRite.

And it is all free.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[Salamander]

I got:

Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist!
One or more ports on this system are operating in FULL STEALTH MODE! Standard Internet behavior requires port connection attempts to be answered with a success or refusal response. Therefore, only an attempt to connect to a nonexistent computer results in no response of either kind. But YOUR computer has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND (that’s very cool!) which represents advanced computer and port stealthing capabilities. A machine configured in this fashion is well hardened to Internet NetBIOS attack and intrusion.
Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer.
All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet.

And the other tests had everything “stealth”.

[reed13k]

For use when I get home

[lysie]

Bkmrk.

[bitt]

thanks for the link!!!

great pages..