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Date:      Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:25:28 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Corey Brune" <brune@sdf.lonestar.org>
To:        sam@spiderpubs.com (Sam Smith)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: inetd & Security
Message-ID:  <200104241725.f3OHPT724812@sdf.lonestar.org>
In-Reply-To: <200104241639.f3OGd3V00477@g3p1.miami.org> from "Sam Smith" at Apr 24, 2001 12:39:03 PM

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Yes, you should turn off these servers. 
You can start sshd if you need remote access into your box.

Hope this helps,

Corey


Sam Smith
> 
> 
> Can I turn these off without causing any trouble?
> 
> comsat  dgram   udp     wait    tty:tty /usr/libexec/comsat     comsat
> ntalk   dgram   udp     wait    tty:tty /usr/libexec/ntalkd     ntalkd
> ftp     stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/libexec/ftpd       ftpd -l
> telnet  stream  tcp6    nowait  root    /usr/libexec/telnetd    telnetd
> 
> I have the only shell account and I don't care about that mail 
> notification thing. I don't know what that tcp6 stuff is unless freeBSD 
> is just getting ready for the future. I don't want to talk to anyone.
> 
> I just want more security.
> 
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