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From: Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com>
To: Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II <jrs@Mcs.Net>
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Subject: Re: Security for isp
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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II wrote:

> 
> Hi, sorry to bother you again with isp questions but i wanted know if
> there are any things such as daemons, ports/packages that i should
> automatically disable.  THANKS
> 
> John 

I recommend you edit you inetd.conf and comment out everything except
what you know you need. The stuff that comes off the dist is pretty
good otherwise. Make sure you are running at least Sendmail 8.8.6
or better.

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