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Re: port 445



On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 04:14:29PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
> Hi group,
> 
> why is my system flooded with port 445 packets? I have learned that WinXP
> uses this for SMB. Is WinXP so insecure that everyone attacks on this port
> first? I have about four or five packets each hour on this port and few on
> 80 and 21.

It could just be a poorly configured Windows machine spewnig packets
onto the Internet.

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