The fact is that "open port" is a potential attack vector because a vulnerability may be discovered in the application.

This is why you need to rely application execution control products like (Lumension, App Blocker) to prevent execution of unknown binaries!

On 16 Mar 2012, at 09:29, Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq (at) planetcobalt (dot) net [email concealed]> wrote:

> On 2012-03-14 Alex Fiuvertiz wrote:
>> I remember this old conversation. New light perhaps?
>>
>> 2012/1/10 Mike Hale <eyeronic.design (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]>:
>>> "Don't leave port 3389 open on the Internet at all, the port is much
>>> too vulnerable."
>>>
>>> Explain. What unpatched vulnerabilities for RDP exist in Server 2008?
>>
>> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52353
>
> New vulnerabilities will be discovered every now and then. Duh. The
> question is: do they get fixed in a timely manner?
>
> cu
> 59cobalt
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> becoming available."
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