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Is net tcp port sharing a good thing or TERRIBLE SEC RISK?
I saw last night that nettcp port sharing is running, and can't even be stopped. I don't remember ever seeing this, and research doesn't turn up anything terribly worrisome about it, except, so many things are Network related when there actually is no network to speak of. Just because several people in the household share an internet connection doesn't mean we share files or printers or anything. We do not. So, that being the case, it should be SAFE to shut this off (I guess as admin I'll be able to) but
- is it a good idea?
- Is it actually safer when a port is shared because then less ports need to be open, or
- does sharing mode make this port more vulnerable to hackers?