Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:57:01 -0300 (EST) From: Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga <atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br> To: "Hank Wethington" <bsd@info-logix.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: open ports question Message-ID: <14683.47133.58719.962514@bico-de-lacre.iqm.unicamp.br> In-Reply-To: <KFEIIDCJNHBCGLAFNMJICEIOCGAA.bsd@info-logix.com> References: <20000629131811.U275@fw.wintelcom.net> <KFEIIDCJNHBCGLAFNMJICEIOCGAA.bsd@info-logix.com>
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on Thursday, 29 Jun 2000 13:40:46, Hank Wethington wrote:
> The inetd.conf file was edited over 3 months ago, the machine has had many
> reboots since then.
>
> Forgive me for being hesitant about listing open ports. I have security for
> port scans but direct access to a port. If there is a know exploit it can't
> be stopped if I'm not looking on.
>
> the ones I currently have open are:
>
> 79 Finger
> 111 Portmapper (in rc.conf I have portmap_enable="NO" so why is this coming
> up?)
> 119 NNTP which is not running as the machine is not acting as a news server
> 143 IMAP, again not running that I know of
> 540 UUCP
> 1024 ???
1024 is the xdm.
I guess the inetd.conf is the why.
> and a few others. I can block all of them with my fire wall rules, but I'm
> wondering why they're open in the first place.
>
> Hank
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Alfred
> Perlstein
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:18 PM
> To: Hank Wethington
> Cc: BSD
> Subject: Re: open ports question
>
>
> * Hank Wethington <bsd@info-logix.com> [000629 12:47] wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I was checking security on my machine by doing a portscan when I noticed
> > some ports open that I felt shouldn't be. I would like to know how to
> close
> > them.
> >
> > I have already taken out all the needed info from inetd.conf, like finger,
> > but the finger port is listening. It won't give info, but it is listening.
> > Others are listening too. Your help is appreciated.
>
> Have you hup'd inetd? As far as the rest of the ports you're asking
> about, how exactly are we to know what they are if you don't tell
> us which ports?
>
> -Alfred
>
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