Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:49:19 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: James Gill <gill@topsecret.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: is having the ports secure? Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9907151648150.5775-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <NDBBJDFMIMOCFNNCEKADAEBDCJAA.gill@topsecret.net>
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On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, James Gill wrote:
>
> Hi..
>
> If i'm trying to make a secure installation (for example a firewall box)
> that will run only a finite set of services (NAT, firewalling, DNS, and not
> very much else), wouldn't it be better (more secure) to not install the
> whole ports collection but only the specific ports for the services I want?
Yup. And the quick way to do this is to set up rc.conf *NOT* to run inetd.
Jonathan Chen
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