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Date:      22 Apr 2001 19:36:21 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?q?P=E4r?= Thoren <t98pth@student.bth.se>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rpc.statd attack
Message-ID:  <xzpitjwkfai.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104202315040.27489-100000@helios>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104202315040.27489-100000@helios>

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P=E4r Thoren <t98pth@student.bth.se> writes:
> Ok when I get portscanned...but these guys tries to exploit my ass.

Why is rpc.statd running?  If you really need it (for NFS on your LAN,
I presume), why isn't portmap or rpcbind firewalled off so only local
hosts can access it?

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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