khurdp
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Posted: Jan. 01 2006,21:49 |
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Greetings folks,
My network setup - SBC Yahoo DSL modem -> Netgear MR814 router. One Fedora Core 2, a WinXP and a DSL connected to the router. The router has no port forwarding at all. Now if I visit http://scan.checkit.com/trojan.aspx from either the linux or XP machine, checkit reports(for both) my port 12345 Closed which means my router is not listening but rejecting requests. Rejecting a request alerts hackers to the existence of a computer at the ip addr.. Now if I connect my linux machine to the modem directly, all my ports are reported 'Blocked' which leads me to believe my linux machine firewall as expected blocks the port 12345 and it is my router that has something wrong. I logged into the router to confirm there is no port forwarding, if so what exactly is happening here. Is the 'checkit' report correct or do they just want me to buy their software firewall?
Also please suggest how i can secure the 12345 port ON the MR814 router.
Thank you,
regards
Prasad
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