[TriLUG] open ports on Uverse 2wire gateway

[Barry Gaskins]

   So AT&T is responsible for administering this device but you are upset
that they have ports open that allow them to access the device?   How are
they going to provide you with the service that you are paying for if they
do not have port(s) open that allow them to access it?  I guess they could
have rules that only allow access from their service center ip address or
something like that.  It would still be open but only the them and your
scan might not see it.  But in general, if you are paying them to
administer the device then they can pretty much do what they want in the
way they want.

   Seems there are others who are discussing this issue:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1822924.html

   I have a cable modem from Time Warner Cable.  I am sure that Time Warner
can access it and do whatever they want with it.  I connect to it with a
linux machine that acts as a firewall that has another network card that
goes to my home network.  That way I can control what traffic passes to my
home network.  It is work to set it up and administer the home network.
 But that is really the only way to be able to dictate what is open to the
outside world.

   Barry




On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Paul G. Szabady <paul at thyservice.com>wrote:

> 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??
>>
>>
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