Bug#389314: installation good, few unimportant suggestions, sending as directed -thanks

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 01:37:57PM -0400, t u wrote:
> > Please name the services
> > and why they shouldn't be listing to the outside world?
> 
> thanks for another fast response. unfortunately, it didn't come to me to
> note the services, and I uninstalled all the services that I thought
> might be related to the open ports. the ones I remember are
> 
> cupsys or lpd
> samba
> winbind
> nfs
> portmap
> 
> reason I suggested them to be closed is because I would imagine it is
> easier to connect and exploit open ports of a freshly installed system.

You did the right thing with uninstalling the services you don't need.
Have you any idea why they where installed?

Cheers
Geert Stappers