Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:36:33 +0100 From: Jason Williams <jason@compsoc.man.ac.uk> To: Eric Walters <ewalters@nms2001.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUNRPC on port 111 Message-ID: <20000624163633.G2766@mrbusy.compsoc.man.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <000001bfdde4$490a5880$453288cf@ewalters>; from ewalters@nms2001.com on Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 08:58:32AM -0500 References: <000001bfdde4$490a5880$453288cf@ewalters>
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On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 08:58:32AM -0500, Eric Walters wrote: > I ran a port scan on my newly configured freebsd system and I have a port > 111 (SUNRPC) listed. Can anyone tell me what this is and if I can shut it > off. I am trying to make this system as secure as possible. That's the RPC portmapper... it gets used, for example, for NIS and NFS, among other things. Use "rpcinfo -p" to see what (if any) rpc services are currently being used. -- "Now that's an idea. Spearmint flavored rye bread. Mmm. Hey, I just said it was an idea. I didn't say it was a good idea. " -- Larry Wall jason@compsoc.man.ac.uk khendon@compsoc.man.ac.uk secretary@compsoc.man.ac.uk admin@compsoc.org.uk (finger jason@compsoc.man.ac.uk for PGP public key) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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