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Is there an easy way to close ports?

Need more info. Like are you running a router or firewall and if you what kind?

I would also like to know how to close ports on my system.
I'm running
Win2000 pro,
An FTP server,
I'm not behind a router and am not running a firewall.

Which brings up another question.
If I do run a firewall can I still run an FTP server, web server and Quake server?

Thanks for any help...
SRF

This is a purely hypothetical question. I have a DSL but I'm trying to close ports on a dial up set up.

I don't know of a way to close ports without a firewall/router. If you get a software firewall then you can close them for dial-up also. Yes you can still run servers, you will just have to open certain ports.

Hi erbody
I would like to know if there is any way how to change ports.
For example i would like to change my pop3 port which is 110 to another for example to 21 which is used for ftp.

I think you would more or less have to change to a mail server that use FTP. Their are a few out their that do. I have seen them at www.moochers.com and Cnet. GoodLuck! I think pop-servers only use port 110. You could check into it,but I would rather think you would have to as i suggested in the begaining. Hope this helps you!

So what your saying is I can use my BlackIce to block various ports on my machine w/dial-up modem over POTS?

Heys,
Black ice is G-A-R-B-A-G-E. Get zone alarm.
Latez.

More or less or try this little program I use to us it works great. Pluas maybe more what you are looking for. PortBlockers You can gaet it at www.analogx.com . It comes in handy for me. I hope it works for what you want to do. GoodLuck!

Thanks i'll try it. I've used some of analogx.com utils before and they worked well.

SRF