closing ports on IIS5

[pnj]

does anyone know how i can close or open ports on my server?

win2000 IIS 5

thanks!

[JoshT]

???

W2K has IPSec to close ports Start->Admin Tools->Local Security Policy. But you need to remove the applications that open them.

[pnj]

ok,

I want to shut down port 25 so what i did was just open IIS manager and stop the SMTP server.

so is port 25 now closed or do i have to do more?

if i run a port scan it says it is close........

thanks

[Cander]

a port is only open is there is something listening on that port. If there is nothing listening, it is not open.

[JoshT]

If you don't want to run an SMTP Server, uninstall it. You can use a firewall or something to block ports, but you are better off making sure you get rid of anything that opens them in the first place.