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Date:      Fri, 03 Aug 2001 19:31:03 -0400
From:      Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com>
To:        "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Bridge?
Message-ID:  <3B6B3437.530CBC51@home.com>
References:  <3B69300A.3EC4C67E@home.com> <20010803113511.A49580@diabolic-cow.chatgris.net> <3B6AAB5E.D42A8B28@home.com> <20010804002156.B51744@diabolic-cow.chatgris.net>

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Rémi Guyomarch wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 09:47:10AM -0400, Ted Sikora wrote:
> > Rémi Guyomarch wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 06:48:42AM -0400, Ted Sikora wrote:
> > > > I have stable on both cable and dsl. The following message (rpc.statd:
> > > > invalid hostname to sm_stat: ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^)
> > > > has been a mainstay in stable for some time. I have 2 nic cards in the
> > > > machines. Do I need the 'options BRIDGE' in the kernel? I just set up a
> > > > firewall and that did not eliminate the messages.
> > >
> > > Someone is trying the Linux rpc.statd remote root exploit on your
> > > machine. AFAIK it's harmless on your FreeBSD box.
> >
> > How can I protect my Linux machines? The messages have appeared there
> > occasionally too.
> 
> That's a baaaaaad sign. :-(
> Check with your Linux vendor. They should be able to tell you if the
> particular version you are running is vulnerable or not.
> If it's vulnerable then reinstall thoses Linux boxes from scratch.
> 
> > > If you have implemented a firewall, be sure to use the "default-deny"
> > > method (ie deny everything and only let pass the things you actually
> > > use). I bet you don't want to provide NFS services to everyone on the
> > > earth...
> > >
> > That's what I did.
> >  /kernel: IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based
> > forwarding disabled, default to deny, logging limited to 100
> > packets/entry by default
> 
> Check your firewall rules. I can't really help there since I always
> used IPFilter (on OpenBSD) and not ipfw.
> 
> If you can't receive anything on the external NIC due to the
> firewall rules and you still see the 'rpc.statd:' messages, then one
> of your internal box is owned (maybe the Linux ones you mentioned
> earlier).
> 
> If you don't use NFS, then don't run portmapper. Search for 'portmap'
> in "/etc/rc.conf".
I need NFS I found a /root dir in /tmp? on a Slackware box. I
reinstalled it and putting in a 'deny all' firewall as soon as I can.

	
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Ted Sikora
admin@unixos2.org

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