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Date:      Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:26:28 +0100
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        jkb@best.com
Cc:        grog@lemis.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New breakin technique?
Message-ID:  <21255.919585588@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 20 Feb 1999 22:14:53 -0800"
References:  <19990220221453.B15747@best.com>

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> 	This should go to -security@ but anyway - they think that
> 	freebie is a solaris box. There is remote exploit for rpc.statd
> 	for solaris. See:
> 	http://www.geek-girl.com/bugtraq/1997_4/0378.html
> 	But please don't run rpc.statd if you don't need it in any
> 	case? Thanks, :)

So why are rpc.statd and portmap started by default in FreeBSD?

(I've been turning them off since I started using FreeBSD. Now, with the
/etc/defaults/rc.conf mechanism, it's real easy to keep my local mods :-)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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