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0 pointscmdrfred9y ago0 comments

“To confirm that a service is present, simply attempt to use it.”

Isn't the inverse of that true as well? If you don't want someone using a port, close it.

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teddyh9y ago· 1 in thread

If you by “close it” mean “don’t have something listening on it”, then yes.

I feel close is a better word. Not only is it far more concise. The port still may have a listener that can be accessed over a VPN or internal network you might just prevent access at the edge firewall for example.

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