Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:20:46 +0400 From: "dotslash" <dotslash@linif.org> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>, "Sam Smith" <sam@spiderpubs.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: inetd & Security Message-ID: <010f01c0cd54$5334a580$2903010a@atg.altayer.com> References: <200104241639.f3OGd3V00477@g3p1.miami.org> <017801c0ccff$02cf9820$0400a8c0@oracle>
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on my other *nix boxes inetd is not even running and they've been up for >365 days. no problemo. my 2cents. PS. okay it's only 360 days. the 5 days i blame the electrician. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Sam Smith" <sam@spiderpubs.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:41 AM Subject: Re: inetd & Security > I've been turning all those off for some time & nothing has broken .... I > read someplace (the archives I think) that its OK to turn off everything you > don't recognize because if you don't know what it is then you probably don't > need it. That may be a bit simplistic but its the approach I adopted & it > doesn't appear have had any reprecussions. Now lets see what some experts > think :) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam Smith" <sam@spiderpubs.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 2:39 AM > Subject: inetd & Security > > > > > > Can I turn these off without causing any trouble? > > > > comsat dgram udp wait tty:tty /usr/libexec/comsat comsat > > ntalk dgram udp wait tty:tty /usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd > > ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l > > telnet stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/libexec/telnetd telnetd > > > > I have the only shell account and I don't care about that mail > > notification thing. I don't know what that tcp6 stuff is unless freeBSD > > is just getting ready for the future. I don't want to talk to anyone. > > > > I just want more security. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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