[TriLUG] open ports on Uverse 2wire gateway

[Paul G. Szabady]

Unplug the router from its power source.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  ;)

Going back to my beer...

Paul
@ Thy Service

On 1/24/2014 10:15 PM, James Jones wrote:
> A customer of mine has Uverse as their ISP. They also subscribe to security
> metrics. A quarterly scan by security metrics says he has 3 open ports (
> 3479, 49152, 50001 & 61001 ). The Uverse Gateway, a combined modem & router
> says no open ports. Even a chat with Uverse tech support, says the gateway
> indicates no open ports.
>
> BUT an external nmap scan of tcp ports 3000-62000 says:
> Host is up (0.047s latency).
> Not shown: 58997 filtered ports
> PORT      STATE SERVICE
> 3479/tcp  open  unknown
> 49152/tcp open  unknown
> 50001/tcp open  unknown
> 61001/tcp open  unknown
>
>
> This is with the windows xp professional Desktop powered down. I even reset
> the Gateway to factory defaults and the scan stays the same.
>
> How can I close these ports??
>