From: Jeff Shultz 

On Thu, 06 May 2004 19:16:42 -0400, Geo. wrote:

> "Mike N."  wrote in message
> news:j19k90t8pjtrj96n8m9914rjq6g9j5sdcc{at}4ax.com...
>
>>    We already had 445 blocked from the blaster worm and didn't notice
>> anything unusual.   You'll have to repeat your support-and-patch
>> exercise for the next port 445 vulnerability.
>
> This is true, but then our customers can create NT file shares and access
> them from most of the internet..
>
> I would view blocking port 445 like blocking SSH. it's too useful to do
> without.
>
> Geo.

Maybe for you, not for our customers. I don't think we've had a single
person ask for that one to be unblocked.

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