Windows IT Security, August 1st, 2005
Investigate the ports on your network Network ports provide crucial information about the applications that access computers on your network. Through an understanding of the applications that use your network and the corresponding network ports they use, you can create pinpoint firewall rules and lock down, host computers so that they respond only to legitimate traffic. After you profile your network and put tools in place to distinguish network traffic, you'll be better equipped to spot attackers-possibly based on merely the network traffic they generate. I began this discussion in "Network ...
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