Re: is it rational to close the 139 port

[lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> On 7/22/2012 2:25 AM, lina wrote:
>
> Hi Lina,

Hi,
>
>> strangely my netstat showed my 139 and 445 ports are open.
>>
>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:445             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:139             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
>
> These ports are used by Samba.  If you want these ports closed simply
> disable the Samba service.  If you need Samba, leave the ports open.  If
> you don't know what Samba is:
>
> http://www.samba.org/

Thanks, I don't have some basic understanding about samba,
will read something about it.
just a short quick question, is it necessary to keep it?

Best regards,
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