Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:31:04 +0200 From: "Ian Barnes" <ian@cerebellum.za.net> To: "Mr Munkeh" <munk3h02@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Security Message-ID: <FHEJKDPFENCDIBKGNOLJOEIBCFAA.ian@cerebellum.za.net> In-Reply-To: <20020408144125.8556.qmail@web14406.mail.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi, you can close some of the above ports in your /etc/inetd.conf ... and the others wll be disabled in /etc/rc.conf (sshd for ex), go through the file /etc/defaults/rc.conf and then take out what you want. Ian ------------------------ BOFH - Mom's Pharmacies Emal: ian@cerebellum.za.net ------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mr Munkeh Sent: 08 April 2002 04:41 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD Security hi im looking for some security help on FreeBSD, im using it as a workstation pc and not as a server so i dont want to be hosting any services to the outside world, im using FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE and have the following open ports: Port State Service 22/tcp open ssh 25/tcp open smtp 514/udp open syslog 587/tcp open submission 2504/tcp open unknown how do i close all none needed ports so other people cant access them and does anyone recommend a good firewall program thats in the ports system? i have used portsentry but had some errors, something about stealth, i had a look on google but didnt find any documentation that could help. If anyone knows how to get portsentry working or recommends another firewall please email me, thanks. -Munk3h ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Do You Yahoo!? Get personalised at My Yahoo!. [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=210222815-08042002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=210222815-08042002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=210222815-08042002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>you can close some of the above ports in your /etc/inetd.conf ... and the others wll be disabled in /etc/rc.conf (sshd for ex), go through the file /etc/defaults/rc.conf and then take out what you want.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=210222815-08042002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=210222815-08042002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ian</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P><FONT size=2>------------------------<BR>BOFH - Mom's Pharmacies<BR>Emal: ian@cerebellum.za.net<BR>------------------------<BR></FONT></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Mr Munkeh<BR><B>Sent:</B> 08 April 2002 04:41<BR><B>To:</B> freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> FreeBSD Security<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <P>hi im looking for some security help on FreeBSD, im using it as a workstation pc and not as a server so i dont want to be hosting any services to the outside world, im using FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE and have the following open ports:</P> <P>Port State Service<BR>22/tcp open ssh <BR>25/tcp open smtp <BR>514/udp open syslog <BR>587/tcp open submission <BR>2504/tcp open unknown</P> <P>how do i close all none needed ports so other people cant access them and does anyone recommend a good firewall program thats in the ports system? i have used portsentry but had some errors, something about stealth, i had a look on google but didnt find any documentation that could help. If anyone knows how to get portsentry working or recommends another firewall please email me, thanks.</P> <P>-Munk3h</P> <P><BR> <HR SIZE=1> <B>Do You Yahoo!?</B><BR>Get personalised at <A href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail_uk/my?http://uk.my.yahoo.com" target=_blank>My Yahoo!</A>.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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