Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:03:00 -0700 From: Michael Bryan <fbsd-security@ursine.com> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf Message-ID: <39D93044.8B0C4E69@ursine.com> References: <200010030008.RAA18074@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001002172133.B27736@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > And yes I also just had a mad scramble because I could have sworn that > finger was off by default, luckily it seems that I'd either killed > inetd or commented it out on all my hosts already. A command that I -always- execute on any freshly installed system, and from time to time when checking up on things: netstat -an If any port has a listener on it, as an admin you'd better know what that listener is and why it's needed, and make any setup changes as warranted. It really helps a lot when setting up a box to make sure I've really disabled all the services I intended to. (Usually everything off except ssh and maybe SMTP and/or DNS, depending on the purpose of the box.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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