oh just thought i better add this for anyone reading this and thinking :::

"oh its being filtered by isp/calming down - no need to be so tight with security"

that is not so - allow i am getting very few port scans compared to what I used to a while ago I was fiddling with a spare box - nothing really on it at all and was just about to format it - but i installed modem on it and went online for like 30mins before getting a bite to eat - when i returned (like 30mins later again) I had a connection through windows file sharring - there was an exactly 0 for anyone to find but it only took 1hr for someone to gain access on what was a wide-open box
I wasn't to worried as was going to format anyways - just thought it was funny
poor kiddie peeing in his pants when he gets in only to discover that the only thing there for them to see is sol.exe - rofl

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