RE: DSL & Firewall
On 06-Nov-2000 Christopher W. Aiken wrote:
>
Why cant I just set my "/etc/hosts.deny"
> file to "ALL: PARANOID", comment out the "telnet" "ftp" and
> "http" lines out of my "/etc/inetd.conf" file? Wouldn't
> that be enough protection for my system?
>
It is not enough, because most services do not run from inetd and don't use
TCP Wrappers. You do need the firewall. I see all sorts of connection
attempts on my DSL. Many are probably innocent, but I would guess that some
of them are script kiddies.
--
Andrew
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