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Date:      Fri, 8 Sep 2000 17:19:40 -0400
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>
To:        David Liu <dliu@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Documentation suggestion
Message-ID:  <20000908171940.C47559@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <LMECIAEPHBBFPHLIOHMNIEACCAAA.dliu@mindspring.com>; from dliu@mindspring.com on Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 04:31:08PM -0400
References:  <LMECIAEPHBBFPHLIOHMNIEACCAAA.dliu@mindspring.com>

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On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 04:31:08PM -0400, David Liu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was trying to secure my Freebsd 4.1 server by following the handbook and
> disabled
> inetd.conf and as many of the services which I don't need. A nmap port scan
> stiil show that
> many of my ports are still open. Please address this in your handbook. I
> need to know for example why port 12345 is open and how to shut it down.

Either nmap is wrong or you really didn't boot with the config file that
you showed us or you have other processes running.

In other words, the problem is you.

-- 
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
                billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org





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