Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 06:29:49 -0600 From: "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: port scanner found my SMTP / SSH is up and I didn't put them there!!!! Message-ID: <009d01c2330e$bb5fc650$2afececd@TCOOPER> References: <200207240830.g6O8UJt23230@splat.grant.org> <006201c23307$bd8fa2d0$2afececd@TCOOPER> <20020724120157.GA90693@uk.easynet.net>
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That fixed it, sshd_enable="NO" sendmail_enable="NO" Is it correct to say other applications need the SMTP section uncommented to be activated or is it being phased out by using the tcpserver, as qmail is doing? Thanks, Marc & Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Silver" <marc.silver@uk.easynet.net> To: "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:01 AM Subject: Re: port scanner found my SMTP / SSH is up and I didn't put them there!!!! > Hi there, > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 05:46:25AM -0600, Grant Cooper wrote: > > I used a port scanner on my server just to check things out. I wasn't > > expecting this. Port 22 (ssh) and port (25) SMTP are up. I looked in > > /etc/inetd.conf and SMTP is comented out. > > SMTP is not controlled via /etc/inetd.conf. See /etc/rc.conf (and > /etc/defaults/rc.conf) for more information on how to disable this. You > can also disable ssh via this method. > > > I created a webmailer and sure enough, all my e-mail was recieved but > > not sent out. If this isn't a default set up i've been compramised. :( > > I don't even know how to use ssh yet. The only reason I noticed this > > is because I was setting up my firewall using IPFW. > > These services usually run by default on newly installed FreeBSD > machines. Did you specifically disable them, or is this a newly > installed machine which you've now noticed has open ports? :) If it's > just a new install you have nothing to worry about, since these run by > default on most installations. > > - Marc > > -- > Marc Silver - Systems Developer > http://www.easynet.net/ Phone: +44 20 7032 2064 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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