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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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