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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2002 07:28:19 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com>
To:        Manuel Hendel <Manuel.Hendel@easygolucky.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: securing open ports 515(printer) and 6000(X11)??
Message-ID:  <20020221152819.9837.qmail@web11703.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020221144420.GJ35089@he0.easygolucky.de>

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If you're running IPFW, you can simply add a rule to
reset/drop traffic to those ports. 

I'm sure there are ways to configure them to listen
the way you want as well, but IPFW provides a single
solution to any listening port you don't want.

--Tim

--- Manuel Hendel <Manuel.Hendel@easygolucky.de>
wrote:
> I got FreeBSD 4.5 on my desktop installed. Natural I
> got X and printer
> installed, I need it, but I don't want it listening
> on all interfaces!
> I just want to listen it on localhost! Is that
> possible somehow?
> 
> Thanks,
>     Manuel
> 
> 
> -- 
> The strength of women is the facade of weakness, the
> weakness of men is the 
> facade of strength. 
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