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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:55:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org>
To:        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:  <20020724115234.F8800-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
In-Reply-To: <006201c23307$bd8fa2d0$2afececd@TCOOPER>

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> 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.
>
> 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 ports are open by default, you can turn them both off by adding the
appropriate lines to /etc/rc.conf

you can find the right lines to add by looking in /etc/defaults/rc.conf

Ken


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