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Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1
From: "Peter J. Cherny" <peterc () arquebus com au>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 17:48:13 +1100
I quote from the FWWL Archive (from myself inter alia) :- A quick peek in the dot pf file (or a view rules) will tell you a lot. (not to mention the architecture manual.) SRV_tcp(fw1, 256) SRV_tcp(fw1_log, 257) SRV_tcp(fw1_mgmt, 258) SRV_tcp(fw1_clntauth, 259) SRV_udp(fw1_snmp, 260) *> From: Weiss, Errol S. [SMTP:errol () cip saic com] *> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 1997 2:09 AM *> To: George Wang; firewall-wizards () nfr net *> Subject: RE: port 256/257 and firewall-1 *> *> My take on this, from Checkpoint, is that the ports are "proprietary" *> Checkpoint ports and provide: *> 1) Firewall module and management station services *> 2) Download of the rule base *> 3) Systems status *> *> The services can be disabled under the Firewall Policy/ Properties and *> uncheck the "Accept Firewall-1 Control Connection" box. I certainly *> wouldn't have the ports accessible on an untrusted interface.
At 11:59 11/12/98 +0800, you wrote: I notice that ports 256,257,and 258 are open when our Firewall-1 is portscanned. Does anyone know what FW-1 uses these ports for?
Current thread:
- Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 John Lauderdale (Dec 11)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Chris Brenton (Dec 14)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Dave Whitlow (Dec 15)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Chris Brenton (Dec 15)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Randolf-Heiko Skerka (Dec 15)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Dave Whitlow (Dec 15)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Darren Reed (Dec 14)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Peter J. Cherny (Dec 15)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Lart (Dec 15)
- RE: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Joe Ippolito (Dec 18)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 mark s. kassem (Dec 12)
- RE: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Houser David DW (Dec 14)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Ryan Russell (Dec 14)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Bruce B. Platt (Dec 18)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 jgalvin (Dec 22)
- RE: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Bruce B. Platt (Dec 24)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 jgalvin (Dec 22)
- RE: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 jgalvin (Dec 24)
- RE: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Scot Anderson (Dec 26)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: Ports 256,257,258 open on FW-1 Chris Brenton (Dec 14)