Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:23:56 +1100 From: Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au> To: Dave Lajoie <dave@ncia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: open ports Message-ID: <20001116162355.E50113@albury.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0011160002580.5874-100000@wolf.ncia.net>; from dave@ncia.net on Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 12:13:05AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011142331430.14331-100000@zeus.davez.org> <Pine.LNX.4.30.0011160002580.5874-100000@wolf.ncia.net>
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Thus spake Dave Lajoie (dave@ncia.net): > I've noticed a couple of odd services when I run nmap on my BSD > sever running 4.1 called _submission_ and _hermes_? (see below) can anyone > tell me if this is normal, and if not how do I close the ports to avoid > this? Please cc my mail address as I am not on the list at this time. > Thanks for your help in advance. Port 587 is the Message Submission Agent port, which sendmail uses. There's plenty of info on MSA at http://www.sendmail.org, including how to disable it. I'm not sure what hermes is; perhaps try telnetting to it? Nick -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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