Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 07:28:19 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> To: Manuel Hendel <Manuel.Hendel@easygolucky.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: securing open ports 515(printer) and 6000(X11)?? Message-ID: <20020221152819.9837.qmail@web11703.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020221144420.GJ35089@he0.easygolucky.de>
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If you're running IPFW, you can simply add a rule to reset/drop traffic to those ports. I'm sure there are ways to configure them to listen the way you want as well, but IPFW provides a single solution to any listening port you don't want. --Tim --- Manuel Hendel <Manuel.Hendel@easygolucky.de> wrote: > I got FreeBSD 4.5 on my desktop installed. Natural I > got X and printer > installed, I need it, but I don't want it listening > on all interfaces! > I just want to listen it on localhost! Is that > possible somehow? > > Thanks, > Manuel > > > -- > The strength of women is the facade of weakness, the > weakness of men is the > facade of strength. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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