"ChuckWagon" <chuckwagon@not-valid.net> wrote in news:g0hh3d$73q$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

> This is a most nonrational advice/statement.

No it isn't. That is the advice I was given by people who know more than
most. Closing a few common ports is of no real benefit when there are
thousands of possible ports for a hacker to choose from. They are already
closed by the router except when needed.