Is this safe or not ?

hello i have a question about my box(computer) ports i have widnows 2000 sever and i scaned my ports useing NmapWin v1.3.1 and i have me this.

Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap )
Insufficient responses for TCP sequencing (2), OS detection may be less accurate
Interesting ports on ??? (???.???.?.???):
(The 1578 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
Port State Service
7/tcp open echo
9/tcp open discard
13/tcp open daytime
17/tcp open qotd
19/tcp open chargen
21/tcp open ftp
25/tcp open smtp
42/tcp open nameserver
53/tcp open domain
80/tcp open http
135/tcp open loc-srv
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
443/tcp open https
515/tcp open printer
548/tcp open afpovertcp
1025/tcp open NFS-or-IIS
1029/tcp open
ms-lsa
1030/tcp open iad1
1033/tcp open netinfo
3372/tcp open msdtc
3389/tcp open ms-term-serv
6666/tcp open irc-serv
7007/tcp open afs3-bos
Remote OS guesses: Windows NT 5 Beta2 or Beta3, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Win 2000, or WinXP, MS Windows2000 Professional RC1/W2K Advance Server Beta3
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 20 seconds

is my ports on this box safe or not what should i do to keep them close ?

is all that stuff neccesary? Are you using each of those services? Have you run windows updates? Are you using any kind of firewall?

if by safe you mean having multiple (possibly un-needed) ports open, then sure. ;)


just messing with you. look at what each thing does. do you use things like term serv? if not, close the port. Id get a firewall though.

Was that scan from within a perimeter firewall or outside it.... More to the point, does a perimeter firewall exist?

'Cos if that box isn't firewalled it's probably already owned.....

Yes my windows is up to date, most of those services oh there i not use but the FTP port i'm useing.and i scaned it in side the box i dont have a firewall i dont know to get for the window sever 2000 i had norton but i didnt want to install on this OS.

Is it being used as a server? If so, forget the firewall and just kill any uneeded services, and lock down the ones you need. Of course make sure all patches are up to date.

If you go the firewall route, Kerio has some nice firewalls, both enterprise level, and home level that are worth checking out. The nice thing about Kerio is that their firewalls combine IDS for bidirectional protection.

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Originally posted here by Logicalsifter
Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap )

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Kind of old...

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7/tcp open echo
9/tcp open discard
13/tcp open daytime
17/tcp open qotd
19/tcp open chargen

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These are part of the "Simple TCP/IP services". You don't need them. Remove it.

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21/tcp open ftp
25/tcp open smtp
80/tcp open http
443/tcp open https

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These are part of IIS. If you don't need the smtp and http services, stop them using the IIS management console.

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42/tcp open nameserver
53/tcp open domain

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DNS Server. Not sure. You may need it if you're running AD.

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515/tcp open printer

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Unix printing services. Probably don't need it. Remove it.

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548/tcp open afpovertcp

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AppleTalk. If you don't have any Apple computers on your network remove it.

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6666/tcp open irc-serv

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Not sure about these. Could be some kind of IRC backdoor.

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7007/tcp open afs3-bos

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Microsoft Streaming Media Services. If you don't need it, remove it.

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is my ports on this box safe or not what should i do to keep them close ?

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No, your box is not safe. It looks like you enabled every single service possible on a W2K.
How to keep them closed? Only enable services you actually need/use.

ok how can i close then what setps to do i need to take to that them close ?i dont know to much about closeing my ports on my box.

If you stop or remove the service the ports will automaticly be closed.

hmm i think i might of fond out how to stop those ports i looking at my box management thing and i when to Services and is showing me all those ports things that are running and not running