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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 00:56:15 -0800
From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>
To: sthaug@nethelp.no
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Subject: Re: New breakin technique?
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On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 09:26:28AM +0100, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
> > 	This should go to -security@ but anyway - they think that
> > 	freebie is a solaris box. There is remote exploit for rpc.statd
> > 	for solaris. See:
> > 	http://www.geek-girl.com/bugtraq/1997_4/0378.html
> > 	But please don't run rpc.statd if you don't need it in any
> > 	case? Thanks, :)
> 
> So why are rpc.statd and portmap started by default in FreeBSD?

	AFAIK only portmap is started. Not rpc.statd - but I do
	agree with you that portmap should not be started by
	default. Jordan - your call?

> 
> (I've been turning them off since I started using FreeBSD. Now, with the
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf mechanism, it's real easy to keep my local mods :-)
> 

	Same here... I kill portmap, inetd and start syslogd with -s
	among other things.

-- Yan


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