If it prevents network-debiliatating attacks like Blaster and friends, YES.
-bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geo. Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 8:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Home Storage Area Network security > What caused me to completely cross over into the "port filtering is > OK" camp was the fact that Microsoft themselves, in a "securing > Windows NT" document we found a while back, recommended that due to > inherent insecurities, NetBIOS be disabled on Internet machines. If > the vendor says it shouldn't be connected to the Internet, I tend to > agree. So basically what you are saying is that it should be the network operators responsibility to secure every application that might be used over said network? Geo.
