Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 22:51:22 +0530 From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@efn.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portmap Message-ID: <20010103225122.A19572@oyeindia.com> In-Reply-To: <01010312142805.00440@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com>; from timcm@umich.edu on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 12:16:39PM -0500 References: <01010312142805.00440@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com>
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Tim McMillen rearranged electrons thusly: > mentioned there or in /etc/rpc, but how would I know? I install lots > of ports to learn about things. Is there anything unexpected that > could break if I put portmap_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf ? No.. nothing will break. If you are not running a portmap / sunrpc service, dont use it :) from man portmap > Portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol > port numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. This advice is much more useful if you are running a production machine / anything on a static (or even a long lease dhcp) IP, unprotected by a firewall. Leaving several open ports open makes it much easier for some 31337 h4x0r d00d to break into your machine. You can do a custom install and choose not to install portmap / run it at startup ... -- Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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