From owner-freebsd-security Fri Apr 13 11:35: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from kira.epconline.net (kira2.epconline.net [209.83.132.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E17F37B422 for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:34:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carock@epconline.net) Received: from therock (betterguard.epconline.net [207.206.185.193]) by kira.epconline.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f3DIYvW32490 for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:34:57 -0500 (CDT) From: "Chuck Rock" To: Subject: RE: Closing TCP ports Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:34:57 -0500 Message-ID: <003001c0c448$70ad5130$1805010a@epconline.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Closing ports that have daemon's running on them to certain clients, or closing ports that netstat -an show as closed or closed_wait? If it's the second, I'd like to know as well, we have some servers that have about 170 ports show in the netstat -an output as closed or closed_wait If there's no daemon or process listed in inetd listening on a port, there's no need to "close" it. Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nick Mazza > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:01 PM > To: security@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Closing TCP ports > > > Hey how would i got about closing tcp/ip prots on my system (telnet, ftp, > whois)...Can someone point me in the direction of a How-To? Thanks > > Nick Mazza > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message