From owner-freebsd-security Tue Nov 27 11:13:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from male.aldigital.co.uk (male.aldigital.co.uk [213.129.64.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D849737B417 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:13:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from algroup.co.uk (sockittome.aldigital.co.uk [194.128.162.252]) by male.aldigital.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FB706A1428; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:13:05 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <3C03E5C0.395B5BC@algroup.co.uk> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:13:04 +0000 From: Adam Laurie Organization: A.L. Group plc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mitch Collinsworth Cc: Tom Beer , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Amanda - inetd References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Adam Laurie wrote: > > > Tom Beer wrote: > > > > > > I'm planning to install amanda (remote backup > > > solution) on a freebsd box as a client. Unfourtunately > > > amanda needs inetd, which I don't want to start > > > for security reasons. Even not tcpwarrped. > > > Is there a way to bring my ppp dialup connection > > > down, start inetd, start amanda, ending inetd after > > > the backup and starting my ppp connection > > > again? Or is there a better solution? > > > > use xinetd and bind amanda's service only to loopback. oh, and make sure > > your loopback is protected against remote routing. ipfw in "open" mode > > will do this if you're not already running a firewall anyway. > > He said amanda client. This means an amanda server will come > calling to initiate the client's backups. This means the amanda > port on the client needs to be accessible to the amanda server. doh! misread his mail! > Your solution is not 'better', it's 'nonsense'. ah... thank you for pointing out that extra detail... i have such respect for those that are willing to go the extra mile... :) cheers, Adam -- Adam Laurie Tel: +44 (20) 8742 0755 A.L. Digital Ltd. Fax: +44 (20) 8742 5995 The Stores http://www.thebunker.net 2 Bath Road http://www.aldigital.co.uk London W4 1LT mailto:adam@algroup.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM PGP key on keyservers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message