I have heard at a past seminar that there is a *non-resident*
application out there that allows a user to easily close all ports
Windows XP unnecessarily listens on by default. As a result of this,
a "netstat /a" command should produce a blank list on a clean XP 
installation.

I am looking for the name and website of that application, or any
other application that would allow me to achieve the same results.

Please note that I am *not* looking for a firewall, which is resident 
by design (i.e. a process running in the background at all times).

You may be interested in the information in these:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/tec021114/
http://www.markusjansson.net/exp.html

Thanks for the links - I had actually read both of these pages while
my doing my own initial research. I'm basically looking for an app
that can automate all those steps described in there.

StopListening

http://www.nonebar.com/sl.html

When the "StopListening!" button is pressed, a series of configuration
changes is applied that will close all wide-open (technically, in a
"Listening" state) TCP and UDP server ports that come with each and
every copy of Windows 2000/XP shipped, thus shielding you from any
future Sasser-like worm infections. Protocols that are closed by
StopListening include SMB, NBT, DCOM, SSDP, IPSEC, and Task Scheduler.
Just run a "netstat -a" to verify for yourself. While this does not
remove the need for a good firewall, it does provide an added layer of
protection to the security-conscious PC user.

This looks like what I've been looking for. Well done!
I'm now going to try this on a test system.

OK, works beautifully! 


This is the very first time I'm able to achieve this 'netstat' result:


C:\>netstat -an

Active Connections

  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State

C:\>

Thank you again. Is there anything I should do to close out this question?